May 8, 2020
We’re beginning to understand and accept that Covid-19 has changed our lives in a myriad of ways. The normal we knew isn’t going to return any […]
April 20, 2020
When most readers think about characters, they expect physical descriptions. The woman has blue eyes and blond hair that’s cut short with banks, and dimples around […]
November 26, 2019
For as long as people have been telling stories to other people, the debate has raged about what’s more important in a good novel: plot or […]
September 6, 2019
Interviewed before a concert in Santa Barbara, California, world-renown folk singer Joan Baez was asked about her marvelous singing voice. She responded, “For years I didn’t […]
July 16, 2019
Writers Conferences Recently, I attended a week-long writers conference, where I was asked to be a speaker, and had the opportunity to sit in on several […]
June 18, 2019
My challenge in writing The Girl from the Lighthousewas to bring my readers into the closest possible kinship with my main character, Emma Dobbins. It has always […]
May 24, 2019
When I start out to write, I always have an idea where I want to go and more often than not have a storyboard of index […]
May 24, 2019
The best writing advice I ever received came from a playwright, not a published author. He showed me how to bring my reader and my characters […]
May 22, 2019
I don’t currently belong to a critique group, but I have been a member of several groups over the years. I think groups can be a […]