Not much to read on this post... just a lot of clicking. Here are three things* you can do to scratch your reading itch this holiday season. * plus a bonus if you're in the San Francisco Bay Area. Happy reading and happy holidays!
Telling the story about the story
A friend approaches an author at a party. "So, what's your new book about?" The author swirls the wine in her glass, takes a deep breath, and begins. “Well, there’s this woman, see, and she’s being held hostage in her kitchen by her son, and he tries to get her to listen to him but... Continue Reading →
A weekend among the book people
I spent this past weekend on my feet talking about What Remains Unsaid to anyone who walked by. That's not as weird as it sounds, since I was at the Bay Area Book Festival in Berkeley, California along with a handful of other authors published by Sand Hill Review Press. We're an award-winning bunch: ten... Continue Reading →
Where do stories come from?
When I was searching for an upstate New York setting for my new novel, What Remains Unsaid, I couldn’t find the perfect town. So I made one up. I grew up in a small—very small—town. One traffic light, one grocery story, a post office, and a population of 1,500 or so spread over fifty square... Continue Reading →
5 things you never wanted to know about me
The five things I'll make this quick, because I'm kinda fried. I snore, which I would be doing in the photo above if it weren't an awkwardly posed selfie. I dislike emptying the dishwasher but try to turn it into an exercise in mindfulness, which works only sometimes. I get cranky when I'm tired. I... Continue Reading →