Are you journaling now? Try this journaling prompt: Write about a time when you feel you were treated unjustly. How did you handle it? My novel The Gate House is coming out — again — in three months. It is wonderful to have it available again, but it puts me in the position of promotingContinue reading “Countdown to “The Gate House” Release”
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Journal Writing Tuesday
Who writes letters anymore? A quick email, a text or a phone call is more the way to go these days. There are two things going on in my life right now that have caused me to think about the slower pace of life in years that have passed not so long ago. The firstContinue reading “Journal Writing Tuesday”
Reading Classics
Instead of a traditional book review, I want to write about the book I am reading right now — The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. Collins was a good friend of Charles Dickens, and I detect something of Dickens’ style in The Moonstone. Or maybe it is just the dense, complex, descriptive writing that was in vogueContinue reading “Reading Classics”
Journal Writing Tuesday
One of the main purposes of journal writing for me is clarification. This can take several forms. 1. I may make a traditional “to do” list for the day or the week. This helps me to plan what I intend to do that day and prepare myself mentally. I may prioritize or decide what tasksContinue reading “Journal Writing Tuesday”
Friday Book Review – Guilt by Association by Marcia Clark
In Marcia Clark’s first attempt at fiction, she has produced a well-crafted legal mystery set in the Los Angeles district attorney’s office, a setting Ms. Clark knows well. Protagonist Rachel Knight must deal with her assigned cases as a member of the DA’s Special Trials Unit, which handles high profile cases, as well as theContinue reading “Friday Book Review – Guilt by Association by Marcia Clark”
Everyone is a Writer
Writing is not just for writers. Or to reverse that phrase: Everyone is a writer. I have been journaling for over twenty years, and I do not do it because I am a writer. Most of what I write in my journal is simply me putting down my thoughts, trying to focus for the day,Continue reading “Everyone is a Writer”
Missing Book Stores
Yesterday I drove twenty minutes to a “major book store.” There is one that is closer, in the same major chain, but it doesn’t have a coffee shop and is quite small. I made the trek yesterday because I love buying colorful calendars after the first of the year when they go on sale forContinue reading “Missing Book Stores”
The Overwhelming Challenge of Finding a Satisfying Book to Read
All of us who read know the glorious feeling of being lost in a good book. “Lost” probably isn’t the right word, because although we may be lost to the physical world around us, we are very much present in the world an author has created. But how do you find those books? I findContinue reading “The Overwhelming Challenge of Finding a Satisfying Book to Read”
Twenty Year of Journaling
In the winter of 1990, I began keeping a journal. It was a time in my life when I was lonely and had time on my hands. I was divorced and living alone. My daughter had just gone off to study in Spain for a semester. I was recovering from a year long relationship withContinue reading “Twenty Year of Journaling”
A Second Chance
My first novel, The Gate House, will be re-published by Whiskey Creek Press. Release date is set for May 2012. Although I have another manuscript almost finished, and several other pieces in various stages of creation, I am thrilled to have a second chance with The Gate House. The book was originally published by VirtualContinue reading “A Second Chance”