How did Writerly Play come to be? I can’t tell you how many times I’ve thrown up my hands and wailed, “I know I'm capable of more ... but what's the next step?” Sometimes it feels like genuine creativity glimmers on the horizon, just out of reach. For a long time, I scurried from project to...
Let’s Imagine…
Naomi, age seven Remember when you were five or six and you had a friend over and you said something like, "Let's imagine that we're in a hot air balloon and we're flying over India and we're on...
Naomi’s Book Birthday
My book birthday last Tuesday was magnificent. Here are some of the highlights: 7:00 am. Woke up to an inbox full of notes from friends, celebrating my book birthday. Shades of Truth and Flickering...
Celebrate!
Today is my book birthday! Shades of Truth and Flickering Hope have stepped out into the world. My friends tell me I should celebrate, and so I will. I'm going to document my day on Facebook... and...
Turley
These past few days have been a whirlwind. I'm busy, busy, busy. But my dog, Turley, has carried out his personal mission to keep me laughing. Every morning, he noses me awake, wags his tail and...
Sketching at Sunrise
I drove up to Half Moon Bay on Friday to revise my manuscript one last time before I sent it to my editor. Even though my office is cozy, with my favorite books lining my bookshelves, and my cozy...
The Fog Lifts
I finished Waves of Light, the third book in the Sadie series, this past Saturday. Finish is a relative word when it comes to a book. Once I sort out the tangle of words and plot lines and character...
Detective Work
So, I played today. I rolled up my sleeves and dug through old boxes of notes and letters and pictures. Fascinating how these artifacts bring everything back, the feelings, the thoughts, the events....
A Blank White Page
I feel much like I do on January 1, after I've made at least one very important resolution as the Times Square ball drops. I step into the new morning as though I'm wading into a glassy pond,...
