I’m in New Jersey, dealing with a family emergency, with little on-line time and little writing time. If you know my books, you know that family always comes first in my eyes! But I have received many, most appreciated, emails asking where my 2007 book is, since I usually have a paperback on the shelves…

 What is it about A BEAUTIFUL MIND? With the long weekend, John and I had run out of Netflix movies so we turned to our small collection of DVDs and put on ABM, which I’ve seen at least six times. To me, this movie is a masterpiece. First, Ron Howard (and the screenwriters) took a yawner of…

Now we’re getting down to the nitty gritty. With an April 1 deadline, I’m moving into the minimum ten pages a day routine. I’m still doing a rough draft so as long as I know where I’m going, I can get through those pages without too much difficulty. The problem I’ve had with this book…

The boys and I wish all my readers a wonderful holiday, filled with friends, family and lots and lots of books!                        

Into non-fiction at the moment as I do more research for my Work-in-Progress. So I’m reading various books on Post-Partum Depression, which has definitely increased my sympathy for the poor mom (still without her permanent name) in my story. I’m reading about swim teams and fire departments, and I’m also reading books on afterlife encounters.…

 I’m reading a book by an author I’ve read many times before (not naming the book until I decide if I like it or not.) Something is driving me bonkers in this book: the character’s thoughts are in quotation marks. It’s very disconcerting. Usually I’ll put a character’s thoughts in italics, but if I’m adding…

John and I just bought an inexpensive keyboard. I dabbled with piano as a grownup a couple of decades ago. I was never very good, but enjoyed it and missed it. I couldn’t see buying a piano, though, for occasional dabbling. Similarly, John took lessons as a kid. We saw a keyboard at Costco and…

I’ve heard from a few of you who are curious to know what’s up with my WIP, which made me realize I haven’t discussed it in a while. So here goes. If you’re familiar with my blog, you know I’m a big believer in pre-writing. That means outlining the story and getting to know the characters.…

  Wow, I don’t get it. I’m reading this book for my neighborhood book group. I don’t like reading historicals, and some of the writing in this makes me shudder.  “(I was) . . . in the cream gown that Anne had chosen for me, with my cream headdress pulling my rich hair off my young…

   I haven’t posted what I’m reading in a while. I just finished this book, a first novel, by Darnell Arnoult (female). Marvelous! I’m not sure it would appeal to all my readers as it’s . . . well, more literary than commercial. Big on beautiful writing, small on action. Big on Message, too. In lesser…