Embracing Change in Life and Writing
This weekend, I had to trash a few pages I had written in the first draft of my novel. They were good, but the character was no longer a POV character because of some structural changes. It was a little …
Tag: real life
Architectural sightseeing — and research
I spent part of this weekend up in Washington, D.C., researching neighborhoods and other information for Book 3 in the series, aka Fate’s Arrow. Because both Book 3 and Book 4 will deal heavily with architecture, local history and historic …
Friday Reads: Dream Boy, Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors
Anybody else feel like their to-read list is about to topple over? I’ve got two books I started and haven’t had time to finish that I’m hoping to get to today: Dream Boy by Jim Grimsley and The Handbook for …
Good Night, Irene
Hope everybody who’s in Irene’s path is staying safe. It’s rare for a hurricane to smack New England around, though it does happen. I remember Gloria in 1985, which took out a huge weeping willow next door. Fortunately it fell …
Hey, Norm! (aka living in a small town)
My friend Stacey was in town this week, and her reaction when I described my favorite coffee shop, which I visit daily, was “So you walk in and it’s all ‘Hey, Norm!’?” It’s an analogy I hadn’t thought of, but …
Juggling and balance
For a yoga instructor, there are days my life balance is completely out of whack. Of course, being a FT newspaper editor, a PT group fitness and yoga instructor and a writer might have a lot to do with that. …