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When I watched Elizabeth Gilbert’s TED Talk on Creativity, courage surged through me to submit the novel I’d written for publication. I had just retired from my career in education, and … Continue reading >>
What:
I imagine my novels balancing on a tightrope stretched between the issues that are important to me (racial and social justice, the climate emergency, feminism) and the characters who live … Continue reading >>
It's about building relationships!
If you are a published writer, you undoubtedly have Twitter, Instagram, a Facebook page and/or other social media accounts.
If you have books on consignment … Continue reading >>
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I write in all forms--poetry, fiction, drama, non-fiction, and translation. My most recent individual works are Swept Away (due for release May 1 from Atmosphere Press), a … Continue reading >>
“Fiction is supposed to be, forgive me, less shitty than life. Better than life. It is supposed to make more sense than life. That’s one of the reasons we read, one of the reasons we write. We want … Continue reading >>
Ever wonder what makes a book catch fire? What makes a book impossible to put down?
Flaming Chainsaws
I found this gem of an essay on storytelling with an unlikely title, The Dance of the … Continue reading >>