When your mind is blank, your juice is dried up and yet you still yearn to write, it’s time to go back to basics. Back to a writing class, one that’s a bit off the wall, but solid on process. There’s a progression of processes you must adhere to, follow and hopefully, presto you’re back […]
Do other writers have the same problem? I’ve written my novel, launched it, watch it go up and down in sales, get a great response from reviewers and readers and now – nothing. I feel like an empty vessel. Nothing more to say, at least in the world of story telling. I know all the […]
For the last month I’ve been volunteering in the most fun program called Young Story Tellers for kids in an elementary school. I’m partnered with a young girl and my job is to encourage and mentor her to create a five page script from her own original story which will be performed as part of […]
Wow! A friend suggested doing podcasts as a way of promoting myself and my books, referring me to someone who books podcasts. She did mainly non-fiction and business so she in turn referred me to someone else. This person thought the books sounded great, I was interesting but ultimately she was concerned that anyone checking […]
Women seem to be at the forefront of current events. The #MeToo movement is just one aspect, but very vocal and evident. Women want to be heard, they refuse to be dismissed or discounted. They’re marching, voting, organizing, reporting, running for office. The word “feminist” became the word –of-the-year. Why not? Women have been trying […]
A virtual blog tour was something that was totally new for me in connection with my new book, WHERE DO I GO. It was like sending your baby out on a trip all by herself before she has learned to walk. Will she end up crawling back home, bullied by the world. Still, there’s no […]
A new year is another chance to get it right, to overcome last year’s problems, to do better. After surviving an auto accident, I’m ready for a better year. And having published my third novel, WHERE DO I GO, at the end of the year,I’m also ready to have readers discover Leah’s journey which continues […]
Well, right away I have to say it may be impossible. After all a writer is supposed to be in tune with the world, sensitive to its nuances, its changes, the imperceptible whims of the world. We might not understand them but we’re hip to them happening. Our job is to figure them out or […]
