Drumroll, please…

Am waiting for something to arrive in the mail, but as soon as it does, I will have a big announcement! In the meantime, Chris Verstraete hosted me in her series of writing tips over at her Candid Canine blog. Drop on by to see what I and her other guests have...

Font of wisdom

My writing buddy Caroline Leavitt, that is! She suggested that while I’m revising my current WIP, I print it out using a different font. No matter how familiar I am with my own work, she told me, it would look different this way – and I’d be able to catch...

Reader response…

Well, at least one kitten is enthralled by my current work-in-progress, even if the other finds it a snooze.(Thanks to my friend Naomi who sent me this photo of her two kittens, Lentil and Chickpea, who joined her as she bravely read through a first draft.)

Farewell, Eartha Kitt

Chanteuse, actress, outspoken performer, and all around diva Eartha Kitt died on Christmas Day. Linda L. Richards has details and links on her blog. Here, I’ll just say that I had the privilege of seeing Kitt perform a year ago last summer at the Newport Jazz...

New Year’s Resolution: Learn to Write!

What are your plans for 2009? Have you made any resolutions? I can’t help you lose weight or quit smoking, but I might be able to help with another popular resolution. If you’re one of the many folks who have promised yourself that 2009 will be the year...

18th Century mayhem

“A fellow by the name of Revere. Lives up in the North End. Charges a fortune…”Murder, mystery, and lots of mayhem in pre-Revolutionary Boston – all in Jill Lepore’s and Jane Kamensky’s Blindspot, read my San Francisco Chronicle review...