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]
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]