Nowhere and Somewhere

Nowhere and somewhere is where I must be Search in the waiting, but nothing I see. Wonder perplexing when all is unclear giving my all and still trapped in such fear. WHAT is… Continue reading →

Editing…

like a frozen path a painful cold and icy place a frosty road leading to a dark nowhere radiant lights guiding the trudging trek and every time you think you’re about to reach… Continue reading →

Clin g i n g

I’ m writin g and edi ting Waiting for the arrival of The NOD or arms-crossed an exhaled break and then “Much to do.” Clinging h old in g on for the sake… Continue reading →

Novel Update: #25: Hanging on

Still at it. Editing away into Revision Draft 6, post-chapter-by-chapter overhaul. It’s better this time around. I’m actually excited tackling the story with a newfound inspiration and focus. (Must be the sunshine.) Still…… Continue reading →

Overwriting

My wordy words are too be sliced, My heart a piece it goes, to turn a manuscript to book, to hear how it all flows,   Is painstaking at best you see. It’s… Continue reading →

Novel Update: The Epilogue

Well, it’s done. Again. Last Chapter and Epilogue have been turned over to my editor. The Novel, Fallout (working title), is written. It’s a very emotional moment, writing “End” and pressing SEND. It’s… Continue reading →

Novel Update#24: In the Conversation

Last weekend I attended an annual local authors’ festival that I hadn’t been to in years. Wow, how times have changed. When I used to show up to these events, I barely knew the… Continue reading →

Novel Update #21: A Sampling

Hello there: As I continue to slug away at editing the manuscript for my novel Fallout with my editor, I thought I’d offer up another tiny sample. Here’s a small taste. Enjoy! Lise was embarrassed now.… Continue reading →

Novel Update #16

So here we are not so far into summer yet and I am still slugging away at the Manuscript for Fallout. I remain engulfed in character trajectories as mentioned earlier in Novel Update… Continue reading →

Novel Update #7

I got choked up. I actually got emotional when I completed my… novel outline yesterday. Yes just the outline. But you see the outline, which has been written and rewritten a hundred times,… Continue reading →