Writing Reflections on a New Year
This is the time of year when I think that I'm meant to make my resolutions. Focusing on writing resolutions, I'm going to pick up where I left off. In 2018, I queried four agents [...]
Book Review: Meet the Latkes
Meet the Latkes by Alan Silberberg was an instantaneous hit in our home. Lucy Latke and her crazy potato latkes family won us all over completely (except our teen who doesn't care). While none of [...]
The Home Stretch (sort of)
It's Day 26 of NaNoWriMo, and though I took the weekend off, my word count is 51,244. I won, or so they tell me. My novel is not complete, and I've left the bits that [...]
Almost Time to ‘Call’ it a Draft
I haven't blogged lately (nothing new), but don't feel guilty (an improvement). It's NaNoWriMo Day#23, and I have 48,301 words written (typed). I had planned to use an old notebook for my novel. I had [...]
The World Needs My Novel (NaNoWriMo)
It's October 31. 1) 10,000th round of line-editing on my oldest child's college application (due November 1 for early decision): almost done, sort of 2) Planning stage and preparation for NaNoWriMo: see item 1 first 3) [...]
Perspective
Bamboo and morning light on The Morning Trail up Victoria Peak Today on my morning walk up the peak, I altered my route and walked down the trail that I ordinarily only take [...]
Where Does the Story Begin? Aunt Bea
I have organized and reorganized my desk. My paperclips are in perfect color-coded order, my pencils are all evenly sharpened and lined up precisely. Until full-day Kindergarten starts (yay!) next week, I still have only [...]
Book Review(s): The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things & The Universe Is Expanding and So Am I
Just back from the SCBWI LA Conference, I must confess that I book-binged. I bought as many books as our baggage allowances would permit. After unpacking, the problem is where to start reading! I started [...]
Apologies from an Inconsistent Blogger
While this beach on Kho Phi Phi is one of my favorite places, it isn't what has kept me from updating my site, but I'm back and more than ready to start a new (school) year. [...]
Reflections on “The Survivor” on Yom Hashoah
Growing up in the seventies, my nightmares were always highly detailed stories of death camps, ghettos, gas chambers, and death marches. The monsters I feared, unlike the furry three-headed kinds that hide under beds or [...]