Yesterday my friend asked me to meet her at her house at 12:45 to go kayaking with her and some other people. I sat there thinking about the invitation for a few minutes. Today I had a 10 am brunch up in Brewster. My friend lives in Falmouth. The two places are practically on either . . . → Read More: One Body, One Life
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I cannot again tell you how much the book I reviewed last night is changing my life. “Bonjour, Happiness” has just got me so into living in the moment and finding happiness in the thing I’m doing and the people I’m hanging with at the moment. Tonight has been magical. My daughter and her . . . → Read More: Joie de vivre! I am currently reading Jamie Cat Callan’s “Bonjour Happiness”. I have found this to be just the most delightful book I’ve read in a long time. Jamie helps us find happiness as seen through the eyes of French women. Here in America, according to our constitution, we pursue happiness, with the insinuation that we chase . . . → Read More: Bonjour, Happieness Jamie Cat Callan, a great author and a super fun teacher, is introducing an author friend of hers this Tuesday for a signing at a local bookstore. Her friend, Teresa Link, wrote a book called “Denting the Bosch”. I liked the title so much I decided to read the book before going to the signing . . . → Read More: Denting the Bosch & Hope Springs This week at the writing conference every teacher and student reiterated a rule right out the “writing bible” – show, don’t tell. To an author, this means engaging your characters in action and let those actions convey the themes and emotions of your work – do not simply narrate your story. Today, walking on . . . → Read More: Show, Don’t Tell When I write an email, I have to send it. When I write a letter (or, I should say, back in the day when people actually wrote letters), I had to mail it. When I write a blog, I have to publish it. People would ask me why I have to send or publish it. . . . → Read More: The Answer Last night’s keynote speaker at “summer camp” was New York Times best selling author Joseph Finder (High Crimes, The Moscow Club, and most recent, Buried Secrets). He was funny and entertaining. He’s had a stunning career. He told us a lot about how he knew he was a writer and the research and writing process . . . → Read More: Evolving As You Persevere When I was a child I never got to go to summer camp. I read books in which children my age went to summer camp, but I never got to go. I used to play by myself in my backyard, with imaginary friends, having a great time at an imaginary summer camp. Today, looking back, . . . → Read More: Summer Camp! Yay! Danielle Steele, that is. For years my mom and I devoured Steele’s books. Then, in the last three years, spending time among writers and voracious readers, I heard it said about her books that they are flimsy, not well-written, she doesn’t write them herself, she writes so many she has a formula etc. During this . . . → Read More: Meeting Danielle Today was a busy day. My daughter arrived late last night and she still hasn’t seen me. When she called to say she was coming early, she told me not to worry about my “prayer ladies” and my “writing ladies” and my yoga. She said to just go about my business and she’ll be fine. . . . → Read More: Lately, It IS the Little Things |
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