by Bonnie Rozanski | 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...
by Bonnie Rozanski | 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...
by Bonnie Rozanski | 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...
by Bonnie Rozanski | Aug 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
My luck. It turns out that the exact time and date of my reading coincides with a free book reading by Colson Whitehead, four blocks away at the Wolf Humanities Center of University of Pennsylvania. I can just imagine a whole crowd of people making the hard choice...
by Bonnie Rozanski | Jul 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
https://snowflakesarise.wordpress.com/ Thanks so much to Darrell Laurant’s Snowflakes in a Blizzard blog for featuring BANANA KISS this 4th of July. It’s nice to know someone feels BK is still fresh and relevant...
by Bonnie Rozanski | 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...
by Bonnie Rozanski | 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...
by Bonnie Rozanski | 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...