My friend Desiree Cooper shared this post on Facebook. What memories it brought back to me! Without doubt, my creative pastimes as a child shaped who I am today. Solitary Play For hours, I would lay on the living room floor and stare at our stucco ceiling. I conjured an old man's face, a horse's head, a fish jumping out of its bowl.... It's a wonder my mother didn't ask me what I was doing, … [Read more...]
Please welcome Cynthia Harrison to my blog!
I was immediately drawn to Cynthia when we met because she's open, generous and so down to earth. A few years ago, she asked me to join her in a two day book festival in Alpena Michigan, with our husbands too, and it ended up being one of my most memorable experiences, complete with a big elk tour in a horse drawn carriage at Thunder Bay Resort! Both of us have a new book release in November … [Read more...]
Book release in a pandemic
Authors with a forthcoming book need to look at many different promotion strategies during a pandemic. I'm learning as I go, since a lot has changed since my first novel was published. Here's a few tips of mine. If YOU have any, please share! Write it and Zoom... Forget book tours. The biggest advantage to Zoom is that authors can appear anywhere without having to leave their living rooms, … [Read more...]
Meet the Fish Family, 1955
The Big Joke: Written in 1955, the story depicts a typical fifties household with a stay-at-home mother, working father, two school-age kids and a baby, except they are goldfish: Mr. and Mrs. Fish, Walter, Arabella, and last of all, Baby Clarissa. Baby Clarissa wears a white gown and little hat, drinks from a bottle and sits in a high chair. Mama knits ear muffs for Papa. Papa gardens … [Read more...]
What’s so special about Howard Street?
This year, riding a bike on unpaved Howard Street was precarious because of the deep ruts. Many homes on Ocracoke are still under reconstruction after Hurricane Dorian devastated the island in 2019, so I'm sure the truck traffic doesn't help the condition of the street. Calling it a street is misleading, though. It's really a one-way lane, and it holds a rich history. Ocracoke For … [Read more...]
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