I’ll confess to a love affair with pages over pixels. There’s something magical about settling down in a quiet nook where the only devices I’m left to are my own. While other readers remove print copies from their homes, I celebrate the books in mine, as the image above illustrates. Reader News Here’s the … Continue reading Celebrating the Books in my Home
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
There is no frigate like a book To take us lands away Nor any coursers like a page Of prancing poetry – This traverse may the poorest take Without oppress of toll – How frugal is the chariot That bears the human soul. Emily Dickinson Dickinson’s poem captures everything I love about reading … Continue reading No Frigate Like a Book
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
“Books are a uniquely portable magic.” Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft Books have only become more portable with the advent of the digital age, with one slender device holding a library. I’ll confess to being old-fashioned enough to resent that. I still think of books in terms of paper. I don’t think … Continue reading Books as Portable Magic
Wherever we go, people are on their smartphones. Having a connection to the internet helps us avoid wasted time. Waiting for a bus, while in the doctor’s waiting room, or standing in a grocery store line are places to check email, network, surf the web, listen to podcasts, and the like. I’ve caught myself reaching for … Continue reading Listening to the Silence
Do you recall the vivid dreams you had in childhood? My favorite was the one where I got to fly. Some dreams happened with my eyes open, usually in school while I gazed out the window. There’s nothing quite so surprising as the teacher interrupting your foray into an imaginary world. It’s my job to dream now, … Continue reading Escape into a Story Dream
Whether traveling to a literary event, ferreting information at a research location, or spending time at my writing desk, I record my findings in this online journal. Life has taken me in a direction I never wanted to go. An extended family member passed away suddenly. I’m still recovering from the shock. When faced with … Continue reading We’re all on a journey, and we know it
