We all long for something we don’t have. Currently, I am longing for a normal life. One where all the drama unfolds in my fiction and doesn’t spill forth into my real life. I was once at a national SCBWI conference in LA (society of children’s writing and...
For these past few years I have moved from one culture to another, trying on this way of being and that way of being like a person does hats. The strange thing that has happened is I haven’t found a hat that works. Nor can I go back to the first hat because things...
So for the writers out there I have a question. Is it easier to write about a problem that you are in the middle of because you still feel the intensity of the suffering? Or is it easier for you to write about it once you are out of the intensity? Does being away from...
I have a silly fear. Since all of a sudden I decided to jump back into the marriage game, I am afraid I have lost my legitimacy as a woman author who is writing about the single woman’s plight. Does it help my credibility that I still feel like a single woman? Most of...
My boyfriend just asked me if I’d be willing to move from California to Tucson. My first thought was, “But Tucson’s ugly.” My second thought was, “Hmmm that would give me another exotic place to write about.” Does the motivation to write better interfere with anyone...
