Sunday Poetry:The Creaking and Pinging and Popping
Welcome to Sunday Poetry. If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday poetry blogs here. Today’s poem, Porch Swing in September by Ted Kooser is a reminder of the changes in the air as fall approaches, as well as so much more, brought to us as only Mr.…
Read MoreThe Conversation Concludes: Diane and Emilie
Diane Chamberlain and I have been chatting back and forth for the past two weeks, covering subjects like how to present “unsympathetic” characters sympathetically, character growth and change, whether characters become real to us, and more. If you missed the previous posts, you can scroll down here for my portions, and visit Diane’s blog, as…
Read MoreThe Conversation Continues: Emilie And Diane
Today the fun is definitely at Diane Chamberlain’s blog as Diane and I continue our conversation about “difficult” characters, choices we make as writers, and other writing topics. Friday the conversation returns to my blog for (most likely) the final salvo. So scoot over to Diane’s blog today for the newest scoop. And don’t forget!…
Read MoreSunday Poetry: How Heaven Pulls Earth Into Its Arms
Welcome to Sunday Poetry. If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday poetry blogs here. I first heard today’s poem, Monet Refuses the Operation by Lisel Mueller, decades ago and fell in love with it then. What a pleasure to rediscover it this week while looking for poetry about…
Read MoreA Conversation with Diane and Emilie
Diane Chamberlain, one of my best friends as well as one of my favorite authors, is joining me for a chat on our blogs. To celebrate my new book, One Mountain Away, we decided to have a conversation about characters—specifically characters who might not be all that sympathetic, at least not at first blush. We started our chat…
Read MoreA Conversation with Diane Chamberlain
Diane Chamberlain and I are having a conversation about writing, our books, how to make characters come alive, and lots more. Diane began it today and you can find it right here. Tune in at my blog on Friday for the second part. Oh, there are books to give away, too. See you there and…
Read MoreManuscript Miracles
I’m in the final stages of Somewhere Between Luck and Trust, the second in my Goddesses Anonymous series. Can those of you who’ve just read One Mountain Away guess the major character in this one? She was introduced in the first book, and we’ve traveled another winding road to the end of this novel. But…
Read MoreSunday Poetry: Within a Lattice of Time
Welcome to Sunday Poetry. If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday poetry blogs here. After putting up my book trailer on Friday I decided we needed a poem that was reminiscent of that mountain scenery. I found Parker’s Mountain by Kate Knapp Johnson to share with you.…
Read MoreOne Mountain Away: The Book Trailer
I’m so delighted to be able to share the new video my son created so that I could introduce my readers to One Mountain Away. Several months ago we played with ideas and got as far as filming, but the script was much too long. So I reworked it, and Galen produced this to go…
Read MoreA Match Made in Heaven: Joanna Slan and Charlotte Bronte
Welcome to my good friend and guest blogger, Joanna Slan, who’s just begun an exciting new series, the Jane Eyre Chronicles. To celebrate, she’s promised to give one autographed copy of Death of a Schoolgirl to a Southern Exposure reader. To enter leave a comment here for Joanna before midnight Friday. Take it away, Joanna. “Friendship however is a plant which cannot…
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