So I was considering retiring from writing. Something I do on a regular basis. But I’ve been writing all of my life in one form or another. At the beginning I thought writing would be a more realistic way of earning a living than my other choice, acting. (A person has only so many gifts, [..Read more]
What was it like being married to a comedian? That’s the question I’m asked most often. Still. Must have been a laugh a minute! That’s the comment I hear more than others. Well, no. Being married to an entertainer is pretty much like being married to any professional. Marriage to Dave Madden was much like [..Read more]
I sang with my husband last night in the car after having dinner with friends. Driving home, driving anywhere, is more calming when I’m singing with Dave. His soft, sweet voice is perfect for the old folk songs he recorded on DVD from early stand-up comic days. The songs are the same as we sang [..Read more]
When I started writing THE PARADISE KEY CAPER I had never written a novel in the first person. There was also no contract to write this particular book. So, was I writing on a whim or a challenge? Both. While I had written and published over fourteen novels, I cannot lie. I wrote this cozy [..Read more]
Despite all warnings, I feel an innate need to write with humor. Every day I risk my writing life going for the smile, the chuckle. Of course, I’ll never see the smile or hear the chuckle of a reader, but I can dream. That’s what writers do, dream. My mother used to accuse me of [..Read more]
These are trying times, no doubt about it. We are all muddling through quarantine, social distancing, masks and isolation. But oddly enough, quarantine has proven to be a bit beneficial for me. I’m a writer and in the past have been easily tempted to leave the computer after one quick call. Lunch date? Shopping excursion? [..Read more]