(Episode 7: Soaring Lows is available now on ibooks, kobo and kindle!) The first characters I “had” for Redwoods were Helen and Joe. Helen took me a while to get to know. She was tricky to write: smart, modern, scarred by her upbringing… someone wanting to believe in prohibition and …
I think of Gumbo as the soup of life. Gumbo is one of the most complex soups I make. To be successful, it really takes all the senses. The color of the roux, the texture and the flavors mixing together, and the sound of the simmer. The more diverse the …
In order to be productive in some other areas for a bit, I’m going to take a blogging break. My friend, Kate, sent me this meme and it seems too fitting to not use. Repeatedly.
I feel semi-guilty admitting I do not normally read historical fiction. But there are some exceptions. I like fiction that was contemporary when it was written- in historical times. So I like Austen and Bronte, Hemingway and Fitzgerald. But I do not regularly seek fiction written today about times long …
So here we are again to talk about something I need some help with. When is it secret-keeping (dark, repressive, toxic, bad mojo) and when are you being discreet (private, appropriate, dignified)? This works the other way too. When are you being truthful/honest and when are you blabbing/careless? Are you …
I have written about the pain and disappointment and traversing the path of grief and even some of the oddities of finding myself getting divorced after The Miracle. (I didn’t link to some of the other recent posts because they’re pretty easy to find.) So, here’s the thing…There is another …