A few months ago, I dreamed that I was sitting with an angel talking about my life. She wasn’t just any angel, but a personal friend. My life was sort of her case work, the way a social worker might meet with one of her case files. We sat and talked for hours, and we …
“A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise.†― Carlos Ruiz Zafon I pick up my pen and I wonder, what will I tell myself today?
Where do our ideas come from? Every time I meet with a group for a reading or a signing, this question gets asked. And to be honest, I never have a clear answer. There are a few guesses I could make: the subconscious mind; dreams, which come from the same source. If I were …
“The table, in the Dining Room, at which Jane Austen sat when she was writing at Chawton” From the wonderful blog for Jane Austen’s Museum House, 6/14/12 Last week, I had the joy of discovering Austen Only, and this week I wanted to connect you a blog run by the same person on the site …
‘You are where you are, until you’re somewhere else.’ This quote seemed silly to me at first, so obvious that it almost didn’t need to be said. But then I started thinking about it in terms of my work. There are so many times when I’m beginning a draft or a synopsis that I simply …
Regency Friday has come around for the second time, and I am thrilled to have discovered this delightful place, first on Facebook and then on their website. The Jane Austen Centre in Bath makes me long to go back to England. When I do, I’ll have to make it out of London to enjoy Bath …