When my marriage ended, there were a lot of losses. It seemed to be a season of loss. I’m using past tense though I’m not sure we’re done yet. There was the loss of everything within the marriage, but others as well (I’ll blog on those in their due time, …
Helen is my heroine in The Roaring Redwoods. I tried to change her name a few times, but just kept coming back to Helen. I love the soft sounds of it. I love the old fashioned names that still hit the ear in a lovely way. Bertha doesn’t do it. …
In writing circles, NaNoWriMo is one of those acronyms that breeds excitement akin to a short line for the roller coaster or induces the need for Xanax. I am in the later group. It’s National Novel Writing Month: NaNoWriMo. There are parties and everything. It is awful. First, it is …
I write blog posts in advance. In anticipation of the one year mark of our reconciliation, I had written a post. I re-read it as I began this one and it was really decent. Real. Funny. Honest. Romantic. Happy Ending. But it is not this post. Our marriage is over. …
I am asked if I am a perfectionist. I figure, if you have to ask, then the answer is probably “yes”. For example, no one asks if I am a runner. I consider myself a Recovering Perfectionist. Years ago, I was such a perfectionist that I did not understand why …
When I write, I like to have a few concrete images to provide “spark” for what I am trying to convey. Sometimes, these sparks help me to notice details that I wouldn’t have necessarily written. For example, in The Roaring Redwoods, the RiverWood Lodge and Casino is based on a …