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More Chicken Soup!
Happy Spring! I haven’t written for a while. I’ve been hunkered down writing a screenplay and starting a new novel, editing Chicken Soup books and doing yoga. For those of you who read my post last...
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Back to the Grind!
My second novel, Social Lives, was released almost a year ago and I am horrified that I am just now starting the third! In my own defense, I edited two more Chicken Soup for the Soul collections and...
View ArticleConversations with Christopher
So my plan to get going on the new novel failed. It all started out fine. I packed the canvas bags, drove the kids to camp, went to yoga and headed home to start work. Then the phone rang. It was my...
View ArticleMy New Love
Every time I write a new novel, there is a new love. And shaping that love in a way that will be both provocative and familiar is the real challenge. Much of the love that surrounds us is like a...
View ArticleA Novel Structure
If you’ve read my novels, Four Wives and Social Lives, you know that I like to write within a specific structure. Multiple characters, alternating chapters, different voices. This enables me to keep...
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Quick Excerpt
This one is going to be very short because I am in the thick of it right now. For anyone who has lost a true love, does this do it justice? I met George fourteen years ago. I didn’t need to think...
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Delayed Gratification
I am now 70 pages into the novel and taking a break to go on vacation with my lovely children. It is a good place to pause because the story has been set up and I now have to prepare the structure for...
View ArticleSocial Lives Paperback Release
The paperback is out today! Honestly, like everyone, my mind is on grocery shopping, cleaning the house for guests, making travel plans and keeping the kids occupied while they’re out of school. Hardly...
View ArticleGrateful
This has been a month I will not soon forget. The details are not important and many are not mine to disclose. I’m tired on every front and not even sure why I’m attempting to write except for the fear...
View ArticlePlotting versus Plodding
I have a dilemma. In between my new part-time job as a lawyer and raising three kids, I have been working on my third novel. I’ve been about 130 pages in for months now and stuck right there. The basic...
View ArticleSocial Lives a Last Minute Gift
Yeah. Social Lives was just listed as a last minute gift on the Recessionista! Hope everyone has a great holiday.
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