A Long Thaw: Review
“Looks like it’s going to be a long thaw.” Here’s my review from A Well Read Woman: Abby has always had a safety net, unlike her cousin Juliet, who has an absen...
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Finding Charlie – What Would You Do?
When her younger sister goes missing, Olivia has to decide how worried she should be. Charlie is 19 and has been missing for less than a day. She has left behin...
Finding Charlie – Rationalizations
Before Olivia leaves Carmen, she finds one more piece of information about her sister’s disappearance: I rubbed my palms against the top of my thigh...
Finding Charlie – What does Carmen know?
Are you getting worried about Charlie? Here’s the end of what I posted yesterday: It was Carmen who came to the door. I could just make her out thro...
Finding Charlie – Who Saw Her Last?
Last week, the excerpt I shared had Olivia’s distraught father informing her that Charlie hadn’t come home the night before. Olivia poo-pooed her father’s worry...
The New Book – Finding Charlie
I’m about a third of the way into my latest creation. Yesterday, I wrote three pages. The goal is to hit 100 by the weekend. Nagging is welcome. I am a writer w...
This Is How I Write
It was during my last semester of college that I was introduced to “creative nonfiction” and that was the bridge that led me to write fiction (after years of wr...
The Spirit of Christmas – Skipping the Gifts
For several years now, my family has decided to donate to charity in lieu of gifts to each other. We have given to Unicef, Heifer, CharityWater, to name a few. ...
Reading Gatsby
I’m currently rereading The Great Gatsby. I read it in high school, but I don’t remember anything much beyond the fact that I liked it. I was one of those rare ...
Sex in Literary Fiction 3
This topic has become a series, I guess. I wanted to include a female narrator. Here’s a passage from Sue Miller’s The Senator’s Wife: “Upstairs they stand on o...