When I was a kid, before I had any thought to become a writer myself, I would often read a book and wonder what it was that inspired the author to write the words they did. Now, years later, I know that inspiration can come from anywhere. I have composition notebooks full of snippets and […]
I love, love, love cozy mysteries! I think it started when I was a teenager watching Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote with my grandmother. (It’s streaming on Peacock, by the way!) There’s something about the format of a cozy mystery that just appeals to me. Most of them have a small-town vibe, which makes […]
Reading slumps are, for me, a bizarre phenomenon. I love to read in an almost obsessive way. I read multiple books at a time, multiple genres. So the idea of a reading slump is weird to me, even when I’m in one. I mean, how could someone as crazy about books as I am have […]
For me, inspiration for stories comes from all kinds of places. It can be something I hear on the radio or see on TV. Sometimes it can be a conversation I’ve overheard. It can be a dream. Or it can be from my own real life. Somewhere in Hawaii is one of those books, one […]
Not surprisingly, my wishlist is always FULL of books! I love all kinds of books, so my wishlist is always all over the place. Want to see what’s on my list this year? What’s on YOUR list?
Sometimes I read a book, and it pulls me in so much that I desperatedly want to BE in the world of it. Even if it’s not a real place. Maybe it’s a country, or maybe it’s a town or city, or maybe a restaurant. Maybe it’s meeting someone from the book or do something. […]
It’s 2020, so let’s not rule anything out. Not to be a naysayer of doom, but the way this year has been thus far? One never knows what’s next. Does anyone have “Zombie Apocalypse” for November? Well, just in case, let’s get prepared, shall we? First up, some helpful tips I’ve gleamed from Zombieland and […]