It may be cold outside, but Dulcinea and I are in a hot frenzy getting ready for Valentine’s Day. Though we don’t take the holiday particularly seriously, we do have our little household traditions: heart-shaped waffles for breakfast, lots of red garishly mixed with pink. Dulcinea gets a taste of strawberry rhubarb yogurt as a […]
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Creativity and Destruction
Happy Halloween, everyone! It’s been an extraordinary autumn, filled with creativity and destruction. More about the destruction stuff in a bit. For now, please enjoy this Halloween photo of Dulcinea. I’ve been really happy about the reviews for my new novel, especially this review by author Jeanne Griggs, who has a passion for dark sorcerers […]
The Domestic World of Arrietty
Hayao Miyazaki’s films for Studio Ghibli are always enchanting, and The Secret World of Arrietty is especially so. I watched this film on my birthday, and I’ve been thinking about it ever since. Unlike many of the fast-paced animated films currently in theaters, The Secret World of Arrietty takes its time, filling the screen with […]
Snow for the Holidays
It’s ludicrously cold this week, and the robins eating our berries are fatter than ever. I’ve been coping with the chilly weather by knitting hats for holiday gifts. This particular hat is definitely not for Dulcinea. The storms came through and made everything beautiful. We had brunch at Chautauqua’s old dining hall, arriving in the […]
Unraveling Infrastructure
When you last heard from me, everything was peachy here in Colorado. I was buying peaches at the farmer’s market, taking Dulcinea on long hikes in the mountains, getting ready for my trip to the Turkish Coast. But since then, a flash flood has devastated the Boulder area. Roads have washed away, bridges are down, […]
Robin’s Egg Blues
It’s been a remarkable summer. I haven’t been blogging, and I don’t feel guilty at all. Why not? Perhaps because I’ve written 20,000 words in the last month and a half. It’s been fun, pure and simple. People say writing is a torment, an agony. Not true. Sometimes, trying to give voice to what’s in […]
Sargasso, no tassel
Is it just me, or has April raced away without even stopping to say hello? There are so many things I’ve meant to do this month, and they are still not done: short stories I need to finish, proposals I need to draft, a synopsis that’s not quite right. When you’re faced with tasks that […]
Swift Rejection
If you’ve been in the writing business for any length of time, you’ve been rejected. No matter who you are, no matter how successful, someday you’re going to have one of those days when the agent passes on your manuscript, when the editor can’t find a spot for your story. Sometimes the blow comes swiftly, […]