I think writers need not just physical space in which to work…a desk, a chair, a table, a computer, hopefully a quiet room…we also need space in our own minds to clear the path for our stories to come to us. How we clear room in our lives for that space is different for everyone. …
As much as I love quotes from Eleanor, like Monday’s blog, today I find myself delving into a new world brought by characters I do not know very well yet. It is fascinating, because when I started working with Eleanor, she had been a character in my novels for years. So I already knew a …
I wonder how other writers feel when they are deep into a project, fully commited as I am to Eleanor, and as they work, a new set of characters show up like refugees from a burning building who want to tell their story. A new idea has arrived, and I am listening, making notes and thinking through …
I love this place…I have more than a few videos on my blog of The Cloisters in New York. I just can’t get enough… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7bDGEz0pPE[/youtube]
I am thrilled… The Queen’s Pawn has been picked up not just in Germany, which is amazing enough, but now it will be available in Turkey. I love that both Germans and Turks will soon read a bit about Eleanor. She rode through both the Empire of Germany and through Constantinople (now Istanbul) on her way to the Second Crusade. …
This diner in Thomas, West VA, aptly named the Flying Pigs, served amazing biscuits and gravy…and bacon, of course… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSQyEnaNkxA[/youtube]