Reading my Way into Love and Other Incurable Ailments:
Stories about neurodivergent characters have fascinated me for years, long before Love and Other Incurable Ailments was even a glimmer of an … Continue reading >>
All in a day of doing writer's research
What writer hasn't fallen down a rabbit hole of research?
This one started innocently with song lyrics from Sloop John B, used in my novel Love and Other … Continue reading >>
Confession: I don't ask my husband to read my books.
They aren’t the kind of books he enjoys. Loving me doesn’t require loving my sentences. I’ve learned reading isn’t the only proof of support. … Continue reading >>
I discovered a book club group discussion on Facebook about the phrases and words readers notice, and how those words then seem to appear in every book. It made me realize that readers are pattern … Continue reading >>
Serenity's Anthem: Kacey Musgraves' "Dry Spell"
Writers believe we make deliberate choices about our characters, but then a song comes on the radio and we suddenly recognize something we'd written … Continue reading >>
When Fiction Meets a Real Place
Anne Tyler amazes me with how she writes about real places, Baltimore, especially, and yet somehow makes them entirely her own. Her fictional neighborhoods feel … Continue reading >>