I read fifty-six books this year, forty-eight of them all the way through (if you follow along, you know I don’t have any qualms about not finishing books). That’s one […]
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Light The Dark ~ Writers on Creativity
Y’all know I don’t write book reviews. I find them eternally stressful. BUT every now and then I read something that is so compelling that I just have to share it. Such is the situation I find myself in with “Light The Dark.”
22 Hours in an Ecuadorian Detainment Center
After food, water and a tight-fitting pair of jeans, a good book was the perfect thing to have with me for a day of detainment in a foreign county.
A Joshua Tree Birthday for Me
My sister threw me an awesome birthday party in Joshua Tree this last weekend, and gave me forty-one books to take home with me.
A Few Thoughts on Better Book Titles
Last month, at the Pasadena Festival of Women Authors, Vendela Vida made an off-hand comment about her titles. She was talking about her first novel, “And Now You Can Go,” […]
When Creative Panic Sets In
For all the stories I know I have inside me, I can’t seem to finish even this first novel to a level that I’m satisfied with. The creative panic sets in.
Ten Amazing Books
I read fifty-seven books this year. Many were new publications, but just as many were not. Of those fifty-seven, ten grabbed my attention in that way I’m always hoping a book […]