Thoughts on thinking

by | Mar 16, 2019 | Uncategorized

I read an article about a month and a half ago by Frank Bruni, entitled “The Meaning of Tony Romo, Super Bowl Psychic” and can’t seem to get it out of my head.  Bruni waxes eloquent about Tony Romo’s proven ability to foretell what plays will be made and who will...

Life Is a Roll of Toilet Paper

by | Feb 4, 2019 | Uncategorized

Since we’ve moved to Philadelphia on the occasion of my husband’s retirement, I’ve more or less stopped writing.  The two of us share an office.  It’s large and he has his end and I have mine, but, hey the air is one continuously flowing fluid.  The sound of my...

Yadayadayada

by | Jan 24, 2019 | Uncategorized

So, it’s been a year since I did my last blog entry.  Clearly, I must not be interested. But why, I ask myself? Well, there’s the fact that I’m one of those introverts (aren’t most writers?) who have trouble with small talk.  Give me a big theme, and I can write a...

Family and Facebook

by | Jan 16, 2018 | Uncategorized

I’m not sure how coherent this is going to be, but an idea has been going round and round my head and is screaming to get out…. I’ve written about family in DAMAGED PEOPLE, but the fact is – in real life – I’m sequestered in Philadelphia with my husband. Now, Philly...

It’s a small world

by | Jun 26, 2017 | Uncategorized

I can’t help but notice, as several reviews come in on DAMAGED PEOPLE from Goodreads and elsewhere, that if social media works, it can be an amazing thing.  Of course, that’s not news to most people.   In fact, not even to me.  I wrote a book in 2010 – back in the...

Excerpt from DAMAGED PEOPLE

by | Jun 22, 2017 | Uncategorized

DAMAGED PEOPLE is set to be released June 28! In recognition of that, I decided to add an excerpt just to give a flavor or it.  This chapter – the hospital scene – was originally the first in the book.  On rewrite, I decided it would be better off as...

Why I write

by | Jun 19, 2017 | Uncategorized

The first question people ask is how I go about writing.  You’d think that would mean what inspires me but more likely it means: When do you sit down in the morning? How many hours do you put in?  Do you plan the whole plot ahead?  Well, I tell them, I sit down in...