Buddies
I’ve never been a poet. All effort at poetry in school simply got eye rolls from my teachers. But apparently the sport of scubadiving inspired me one evening along about … Continue reading Buddies
Category: writing
The Writing Streak
I’m not very good at sustaining a streak. Exercise, dieting, spiritual practices… here today, gone tomorrow. But the covid winter turned into the summer of writing magically. Every Friday* since … Continue reading The Writing Streak
The Writing Life, Cont’d
2020 has been full of devastating sadness. My dear mother died. Then we retreated into our hermitage as I protected my old lion of a husband from the plague sweeping … Continue reading The Writing Life, Cont’d
Kitty Flanagan and the writing life
I am four chapters into writing the historical novel about my ancestral Flanagan family, trying to get them out of their worker’s paradise in Leclaire, Illinois, and back to coal-blackened … Continue reading Kitty Flanagan and the writing life
Kitty Flanagan: the saga begins
I never get tired of poking into the history of my grandmother’s family, the Flanagans. It is a sprawling saga of heartbreak and scandal, redeemed by the strength and resilience … Continue reading Kitty Flanagan: the saga begins
The Bride Doll
I was not that child who took care of her toys. Dolls were companions in make-believe, not decor. We played house. We played school. I pulled off their clothes and … Continue reading The Bride Doll
The Library
I’m on Chapter 2 of The Library Book by Susan Orlean, the New Yorker writer of one of my very favorite books The Orchid Thief. She is describing the cataclysmic … Continue reading The Library
Courage to live on the edge
I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that, for the past month, every time I hear a wave crash against our eroding shore, I flinch. I’m hypervigilante and my brain … Continue reading Courage to live on the edge
PASSION & PERIL: on sale
If you understand the passion of collecting, if you are fascinated by the perils of the trade at its most extreme, you’ll love this novel. In 2008, with PASSION AND … Continue reading PASSION & PERIL: on sale
THE SUDDEN SILENCE on sale!
Week of Jan 18, 2019: get your $0.99 Kindle edition of my thriller THE SUDDEN SILENCE: A TALE OF SUSPENSE AND FOUND TREASURE, published in 2015 by Mad in Pursuit. … Continue reading THE SUDDEN SILENCE on sale!
When Your Groove is Gone
I was going to tell you about this online curriculum I signed up for, but I wound up pulling out my diagram of the S-curves of Life.* This is the … Continue reading When Your Groove is Gone
“Headlong” $.99 This Week
If you’re in the mood for a short, punchy memoir about normally sensible middle-aged people taking insane risks on a Central Asian roadtrip, HEADLONG is on sale for $.99 this … Continue reading “Headlong” $.99 This Week
