I like to think that we are all connected in a single never-ending story, having an infinite number of chapters; each told from infinite points of view. Some of us take experiences from that story and weave them into finite fictional ones for readers to enjoy. I’ve taken threads from the never-ending story and woven […]
I’m posting on Tuesday and not my usual Thursday because I have news. Sparks is now in print. It’s coming – here, there, everywhere! Ask for Sparks at your favorite bookstore. Sparks is being listed in the Ingram book catalogs. Got Sparks? (I always wanted to say that ;-))
Life rocks for Facebook, Google and other high-income, high-tech geeky types in Silicon Valley. In Sparks, the same is true for those living in Crescent City, and it’s even more upscale coastal neighbor Skye Pointe. They work hard. They play hard. At the end of the day, they stagger home – or somewhere else – […]
An autumn of firsts. Sparks – my first novel – is now published as a Kindle Edition. It got its first editorial review. It has now also gotten its first Goodreads and Amazon reviews. Hopefully, they aren’t the last. I’m thrilled that the first reviews are very positive – especially since they are from people […]
Here I am, swimming in the published author pool. The view from here is surreally different. I’m not quite the same person I was before last week. I can now point to a piece of work I have finished and launched into the world for all to see – perhaps even read. 🙂 It’s gratifying to […]
Champagne anyone? Sparks is done–sent off into the world to pursue its destiny.I’ve put a permanent line through the ‘publish Sparks’ item on my list. Now I can fully focus on the next story. Except that… I hadn’t realized that readers would get so attached to Gabrielle and Jarin. Friends ask what their next story […]
It’s good that my nights are filled with dreams about my new story. I hardly have time to work on it during the day. Writing to my dreams saves me the time of figuring the story out during the day—and then writing. My days are consumed with the logistics of publishing Sparks. It’s a complicated dance […]
It took all summer, but just as Jarin will, I’ve put down my brush and pushed away from the easel for the last time. Sparks is ready to be published. Look for it in October, 2012. My marketing plan is helping me to plan and execute. The professionals I am meeting along the way are courteous, tremendously […]
Funny that sometimes one has to slide down the rabbit hole in order to see the light. Or in my case, jump off a cliff and grow wings on the way down. So much more hair-raising that way. I love that quote! It’s so ‘me’. And so far, I’ve still got all nine of my […]
It has to be me. I’m sophisticated, accomplished; a good fit for his family. My career is important enough to complement his, but not demanding enough to interfere with plans for family, travel or his advancement. I’ve spent five years planning my approach; watching each relationship, studying the mistakes made by those who’ve tried to […]
