A Gift for Those of you who Write
My neighborhood bookclub met tonight to discuss Julie and Julia, by Julie Powell. (For those of you who don’t know, twenty-nine-year-old Julie Powell set a goal of making every recipe in Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking–all in one year, in a tiny apartment in New York. Lots of stocks made from scratch,…
Read MoreWriting While Driving
Years ago, while working on my fourth book, Keeper of the Light, I hired writing consultant Peter Porosky to help me brainstorm the plot and structure. I lived in Virginia at the time, and Peter lived nearly an hour’s drive away from me in Maryland. He’d read my initial outline and we got right down to work, talking…
Read MoreThe Happy Bookers Club Chat
I’ll be doing a live chat at The Happy Bookers Club Monday evening at 8:30 pm, EDT. You need to register at their site, but then just click on “chat” in the menu and we can talk books!
Read MoreAn Article on Before the Storm. . . and Me
This is so cool! This article appeared in the summer issue of Topsail Magazine. Now Glen Pierce, one of our frequenter commenters here on the blog, put the article up on the Topsail Island website. The writer, BJ Cothran, did such a great job with it and I know she generated lots of interest in my books among…
Read MoreThe Other Side
Do you believe we can be in touch with the other side? Ever since Before the Storm was released, I’ve been hearing from people who relate strongly to seventeen-year-old Maggie. Maggie “connects” with her father who died many years earlier in a collision between a boat and a whale. Maggie seems to have touched a chord…
Read MoreGood News, Bad News
Well, this is all good news, although I know some of you won’t think so, so I’ll get the semi-bad news out of the way first: After the Storm won’t be published until June 2009. Ack! I know. A long time to wait for a sequel. My publisher, Mira Books, calls the shots on the…
Read MoreBlog Talk Radio
Here’s the information on accessing my live interview on Blog Talk Radio Thursday night (July 24th). I have to say, though, that I tried to listen to their program last night and was unable to hear the show. I hope those of you who are interested will have better luck! It’s a fifteen minute program starting at 8:30 PM…
Read MoreRadio Interviews
I love doing radio interviews! Both Before the Storm and The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes are full of meaty subjects for discussion, and of course I enjoy talking about my books, but that’s not why I love these interviews. I love them because I can do them without make-up, while relaxing on the recliner in the sunroom in my pjs,…
Read MoreRotisserie Chicken Soup, Mexican Style
I know, I know. It’s summer and I’m talking about soup, but trust me. This is a good summer soup recipe! It has nothing to do with writing, but since we had one of those supermarket rotisserie chickens for dinner last night, this recipe’s on my mind and I thought I’d share it. It’s the addition…
Read MoreProject Jason
Life is funny sometimes. Here’s what happened: The book I just finished revising, After the Storm, involves the disappearance of a central adult character. (I’m not giving anything away; the reader will know this in the first few pages). If a commenter on my blog has a link connected to her name, I’ll often click on the link…
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