Having big dreams brings stress, almost by definition in the borderland between what you have and what you want. After my husband and I agreed to the lifestyle change described in last month’s “New Literary Adventures” journal entry, reality set in. Yes, we still plan to live part time in foreign countries. That sounds lovely, … Continue reading Dreams and Practicalities
Call me crazy, but I love winter. That’s when the cold subdues weeds in the yard, a snow storm might require me to stay home with my family, and books wait to be cherished. There’s nothing better than settling in beside a cozy fire beside someone you love for a long reading session. This low-tech … Continue reading Prime Reading Time
For many of us, wanderlust is a force to be reckoned with. It’s haunted me since childhood, when I sent off to the chambers of commerce and tourist bureaus for travel brochures of places I wanted to visit. Just gazing at those pictures took me into them in my imagination. Perhaps this is where I … Continue reading New Literary Adventures
I’d read stories about people who became lost in the woods. The gas left in our tank, our mental resources, and a prayer were the only things keeping us from winding up among them.
No two persons ever read the same book. –Edmund Wilson I love the way readers make novels their own. I notice it most in reviews of my books. Invariably, a reviewer will decide a novel is about something I never intended. It is, for that person. Epic Fantasy I’ve returned copy edits for Sojourner, (Tales of Faeraven 3). I’ll … Continue reading The Beauty of Reading
There’s something about a lonely road that I simply can’t resist. Maybe it’s the influence of Robert Frost, whose poem entitled “The Road Not Taken” carried me into vicarious adventures. I must have been twelve when I first read it, and it’s had an impact on me ever since. You’ll find “The Road Not Taken” … Continue reading The Road Less Traveled
