Diane Chamberlain

I adore fan mail. Ninety-five percent of it comes via email and I try to answer it right away. I used to let it pile up and then it hung around my neck like an albatross, which took all the pleasure out of receiving it. I enjoy it much more now that I get back…

    before                     after It’s been nearly a year since we moved into our house in North Carolina and we still don’t have it fixed up as we’d like (or I guess I should say, as I’d like). You walk into the large living room through the front door and it looks something like a used furniture store. Since…

Having Rheumatoid Arhtirtis sometimes makes typing, or even writing by hand, difficult. I know at least one author who gave up writing when carpal tunnel made it so painful she could no longer take joy in the process. When my hands are very bad,  I use voice recognition software called Dragon Naturally Speaking (which I wrote about…

I’m big on letting my subconscious mind do a lot of the work of creating a story. This part of our mind always seems a little out of reach. It’s full of the most amazing things–think of your dreams. You couldn’t brainstorm the remarkable events in your dreams if you tried. So, I’m always coming…