Lost in a Swirling Sea @ This Sea Within: Naming a Novel & Designing a Cover
As many of you know, I’m getting ready to publish my second novel, This Sea Within, later this year. But …
Category Archives: The Writing Process
My Book Buffet Newsletter, December 2025
Dear Friends and Followers, Welcome to my December Book Buffet, a monthly newsletter featuring updates on my publishing adventure, including my novels When …
Prose Poem: 13 Ways of Looking at Dying
October is the month I was born and the month my mother died. Sweetness and sadness rolled into one. It …
A Poet & Artist, Making the Unknown Known
What precipitates the creative process? For poet Mary Oliver, it’s the need to step over “the edge” into something vague …
“What If?” – The Catalyst that Compelled Me to Write a Novel
“What if” sets the imagination soaring and compels writers to pick up their pens or pull out their laptops. It’s …
A Song from a Dream and Rousseau’s Painting
My dreams have always been enticingly rich and evocative. Often it’s as if I’m watching an elaborate film in gorgeous …
Writing, A Leap of Faith
Writing—or any creative endeavor—to some extent is a leap of faith and a huge personal risk: Faith that what you …
Creating a Cover: When Things Go Missing
I’m excited to show you the cover of my new novel! It was created by Owen Gent, a talented artist …
Loss, Desire & the Search for Meaning in Life and Literature
Loss and desire–these are the themes that run through so much of what I’m compelled to write about in my …
A Happy Ending for My Novel, at Long Last!
Some of you may remember me writing about my novel From the Far ends of the Earth years ago, how …
