Smart Women: Bad Choices: A Weekend in Quebec City
My friend Judith Cassis and I took an excursion boat out into the mighty St. Lawrence Seaway connecting the inland provinces of Canada to the Atlantic Ocean. The currents in this deep and swift...
Arrival in a New Country
I’m now living my new life in another country. The basic set up of a new life in Ontario, Canada requires patience and grim determination. Stamina as well. A few days have passed since the hellish...
The Stuff You Accumulated: Now You’re Moving
What you paid for something, in the end, comes down to what you can shove into the moving van or the U-Haul. What you paid for stuff has no relationship to what you can sell it for at a yard sale....
A New Life in Another Country
In June of 2019, a moving van will transport my worldly possessions to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. My little family of cats and dogs will follow. Ottawa is Canada’s capital, Justin Trudeau’s city. He’s...
Write it as Memoir or Fiction?
A small group of writers gathered at the local art gallery several months ago with the intention of writing memoirs. In those early meetings, the subject of whether to fictionalize those memoirs...
Waiting for Something to Happen: the suspense
I’ve got a novel with an editor and an EBook on writing suspense in the pipeline, waiting for something to happen to push it toward publication. It’s an uncomfortable place, jammed up in a...
Writing Snappy Dialogue
You can write snappy dialogue even if you don't consider yourself to be the most entertaining talker at the party. There are tips and tricks. Thought I'd excerpt a passage from my EBook in the...
Memoir or Fiction? The Choice is Yours
I started a memoir class. I lived until recently in a California mountain village with an unusual number of creative people. We’re close enough to the Los Angeles sprawl that “Industry” people can...
My Ideal Writing Place
Imagine if you were given permission to buy whatever you liked on Arhaus, a home and outdoor site? Please note this is only an imaginary shopping experience. Sigh. Writers need a good desk or...
