Playlist: Toujours
Sometimes, a simple song, sung from the heart, is more powerful than a symphony. In my novel, one song traces a path through the story, leading the way into my […]
Easing a Troubled Conscience
When characters write me letters I’m always eager to respond. I would hate for a character to feel neglected, and besides, I just never know what I might find out […]
Letters, I Get Letters!
From my characters, that is. Here’s one I got today regarding my NaNoWriMo planning: The Year of Our Mission: Three Hundred and Thirty Five Lunar Month Lilac, Day Ten Dear […]
I Wrote This?
10,355 words today. This has to be my limit, even if I am just mostly copying words from the handwritten, taped, and glued cut to a clean draft. Tomorrow, no […]
Block Revision Completed!
It’s done, it’s done! Finally, I have reached the end of the end of the write-in: the rearranging, re-shuffling, pulling apart and stitching together phase of my revision. And I […]
A Name, A Name, What's in a Name?
I love my morning words. After exploring my main character’s bedroom with them yesterday I got to chatting back and forth with Mr. Muse (who also needs a name!) about […]
Book review: I & Claudius: Travels With My Cat
This has to be one of the better books I will read this year. It will most certainly be the funniest. The laid back narrator Clare decides that she will […]
