I know that as a writer, I have heard this question asked since I was small. “How on Earth did you come up with that?” It’s a popular question at writers’ conferences and luncheons. Since I have entered the ranks of published authors, I often get this question myself. And it is a tough one …
http://www.mepkinabbey.org/home/virtual_tour.php On another topic unrelated to Eleanor, at the end of October, I had the pleasure of visiting Mepkin Abbey in Moncks Corner, SC (near Charleston) and walking the labyrinth there. This is an outdoor labyrinth, so I can’t recommend that anyone seek it out for a few more weeks, but even in late October …
I have always been a writer, since I was about eight years old. For most of my life I thought writing was just something I did, like breathing or drinking a Coke, something necessary to life, but something that only affected me. Then as time went on, I started offering my stories to friends to …
Like everyone who puts pen to paper, I am trying to become a better writer. I work hard and keep myself in my chair in the hopes that I will continue to improve, so that Eleanor and Henry and all the characters I will work with for the rest of my life will be honored more …
 http://www.caminodepaz.org/battery8-18-02.html One of my favorite places in New York City, and there are many such places, is the labyrinth at Battery Park. I discovered that this labyrinth existed when my friend Audrey was visiting me in the city. And what a lovely unexpected surprise it was to find such a space of quiet green …
The thing I love most about reading a good book is diving in and feeling as if the author has opened a window into another world. I love being transported to a new time and place by characters who have the capacity to teach me something. I feel the same way when I’m writing. Especially during the first draft …