Premeditating Writer

As my husband and I are planning a full schedule of hiking in the pristine wilderness of Yellowstone, Teton and Rocky National Parks in September, I am struck by the idea of traveling to a natural environment and nurturing my appreciation of the non-human world.   Over the ages painters, writers, and photographers,...

 The reason is obvious: to prove that we can, that we can ride this kind of roller coaster. To exert a remarkable control over the images which our eyes look at day after day and we find a way to write what we see. We write it in all five senses and in colors. We rummage in our heads for words to describe all...

I am on my second and third novel now. The first one was an experiment. I’m in love with the story, with the characters. I know them well. The pacing and building is off, though. Second novel is better. Spent five years working on it. I’m in love with the story, with the characters. I know them well. The...