Today at 5:20 a.m. two little boys arrived at my bedside to tell me that the third one was crying for his mom. I've been cruising at warp speed ever since. So no real posting today though I will say that child number three was willing to be comforted. My novel is really and truly [...]
My mother put herself through college in the late 1930's. She started at the University of Wisconsin, took some classes in Chicago while working there for Barnhardt, the dictionary people, and then finished through the University of Wisconsin extension. She used to talk about going to the Art Institute, and I had no idea what [...]
My new book will be out in less than a month… I hope. It’s difficult to stay on track but I’ve done a monster edit over the last six months. Like this drawing, my story was missing some legs. Miss May Belfort Drawing by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec National Gallery of Art, DC public domain Separately, [...]
I went to a large funeral yesterday and got to visit with wonderful people. I collected first blessings from some new priests and had an amazing day. It's a spectacular glimpse into a different world to spend time with this particular group. Meanwhile, back at the writing ranch, I'm slowly sorting out my heroine's problem. [...]
I've read bits and pieces of lots of books over the past month. I'm searching for the ways that other writers have solved problems like Point of View in a story, multiple characters in a scene (something I find terribly difficult), and how to provide necessary information to understand a story without either placing a [...]
