Want to listen to this post instead? Check out the YouTube version. In my forthcoming novel, As Though You Were Mine, my main character, Julie, is confronted with the death of her brother and sister-in-law. When my agent at the time and I sent it around to various editors, we initially received consistent feedback that… Continue reading Character Connection
The Fallacy of “It Only Takes One Yes”
The other day, I asked an author friend of mine about her most recent manuscript. "Oh, that one? It's dead. No one wants it and my past publisher held on to it for six months before finally telling me they weren't going to move forward with it." This friend has, in the past, sold two… Continue reading The Fallacy of “It Only Takes One Yes”
Story and Memory: The Little Prince
Many years ago, another teacher and I took some students down to Mexico. On the morning we were to visit the ruins of Chichen Itzá, one of my kiddos, a 14-year old, got sick. You know the one: ate something not quite right sick. We sent his classmates and my colleague on ahead to go… Continue reading Story and Memory: The Little Prince
It’s All Been Said Before
I’ve been staring at this document for several days now, wondering what to write and how to write it. Because, as my title indicates, it’s all been said before. In lots of different ways, with all the same words, not just in the past week, but in the past ten years. Twenty years. And more.… Continue reading It’s All Been Said Before
It'll All Work Out 