Travel fiction – where the ‘right place’ transforms lives

Travel fiction – where the ‘right place’ transforms lives

Homesickness, Novels, and Editors

Homesickness, Novels, and Editors

I was homesick. That’s all. Nothing exciting or earth shattering. Just homesick. So I started to write. I sat at my computer and transported myself home anytime I wanted to. It was satisfying. But not sufficient. I wanted to share these feelings. (Ahhh, the arrogant...
Time Travel

Time Travel

The New Year evokes a sense of awe in me these days. Daily life looks more and more like the opening credits of Star Trek: laundry, dog walking, work, phone calls, responsibility, minutia, all coming at me like the stars and galaxies streaking into and out of view...
The Twelve Days of Authorhood

The Twelve Days of Authorhood

On the first day of authorhood, my ego said to me, “Why don’t you write your first novel?” On the second day of authorhood, my children said to me, “When will you be J.K. Rowlings?” On the third day of authorhood, my ego said to me, “Designing a website will be easy.”...
The Writer’s Cake Tin

The Writer’s Cake Tin

Jane Austin had a pen and a ream of paper or two. Those days are gone, my friends. At my first writer’s conference, the term ‘Writer’s Tool Box’ was used to preface every seminar and promote every How To book, magazine, website, punctuation mark, or new social...

Thankful – truly.

Thankful: the most overused word in November. We don’t act thankful, complaining about the journey, the family, the over-hyped Christmas commercials, the ridiculousness of Black Friday – and now Blackish Thursday. The work, the weight gain, the noise, the chaos....