On Photography – Researching My Sequel
I’m working on a sequel to my novel From the Far Ends of the Earth, mostly research and note-taking at …
Category Archives: The Writing Process
Endings & Beginnings, A Writer’s Life
Well, I just finished rewriting the ending of my novel as requested by a publisher. We will see what they …
A Happy Ending for My Novel? For My Son?
One of the publishers we sent my novel to wants a rewrite of the ending. While their readers said they …
Following the Yellow Brick Road to Publishing
So far I’ve heard from nine publishing houses, all complimentary, all passing on my novel. Highlight the word “complimentary.” I …
Within the White Hot Flow of Writing
That’s where I am. Where I love to be. I began a new novel almost as soon as I finished …
Pinch Me! Writers House Accepts My Novel
I’m so excited. Robin Rue, a senior agent at Writers House, one of the top 20 literary agencies in the …
Loss & Desire, and the Search for Something More, in Life & Literature
These are the themes that run through so much of what I’m compelled to write about. No doubt because they …
Walking Each Other Home – Why We Write
I’ve reread my novel after being away from it for well over a year. I did so with some trepidation. …
Touching & Being Touched, Why We Blog
“The function of language is not to inform but to evoke . . . responses.” So writes Jacques Lacan, …
The Pieta & the Writer’s Palette, Redux
It’s been said that for writers the blank page is our canvas and words our paint. But I don’t think …
