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Underground Places
I've been such a bad writer! Forgive me (she says with a wicked smile on her face...)
Haven't said boo on here for a long time b/c I've been writing so much. DARK VICTORY (working title for Book #2 of LADY LAZARUS) is taking me on a wild ride. I must say no more for now...
I announced the winners for the RWA Swag Contest -- I decided to pick a ( Read more... ) -
RWA Nationals Recap and Virtual Introductions
I had an amazing time at the RWA National conference this year. As wonderful as the panels were (I enjoyed Anne Stuart's exploration of dark romance the best; I also heard rumors that Don Maas's master class was outstanding), the best part for me by far was meeting new people and reconnecting with my friends. A few years back, I had my schedule ( Read more... ) -
Water Lilies and Revisions
Author Anna DeStefano wrote a beautiful essay today about Monet's Water Lilies and the artist's creative process at the end of his life. Thomas Carlyle wrote, "Genius is the infinite capacity for taking pains," and I need to remember this right now. I am deep in the revision thickets for LADY LAZARUS, and I usually get lost inside the tangle of ( Read more... ) -
On Writing and Happiness
Hope all you moms had a fabulous Mother's Day yesterday, and that everybody reading this got to celebrate the holiday in the company of a mom they love. We had a little party at my house -- before people arrived, I did a little swing through the internets, and found this gem of a blog written by my writing buddy Charlene Teglia. You have to read ( Read more... ) -
Restless... and Mixed Martial Arts
I'm antsy these days -- tend to get gingery before I start drafting new material, and I'm in the middle of planning the second book in the LADY LAZARUS series. A lot of new ideas swirling around -- a lot of half-written propsals -- and that has me all excited, distracted, and edgy ( Read more... ) -
Birkat Hachama
In all my running around today, I forgot to mention that today is an amazing, and rare, Jewish holiday. Every twenty-eight years, the sun returns to the position in the sky where, it is said, God first created it.
From the Wikipedia entry:
According to Judaism, the Sun has a 28 year solar cycle known as machzor gadol (מחזור גדול, "the great cycle ( Read more... ) -
Happy Passover!
Casa Michele is a whirlwind of activity -- we've got nineteen people coming to the seder here this year. Have a wonderful holiday, and a happy Easter too for those who celebrate it! -
The Orient Express
A rainy, dreamy Friday...
One of the things I adore about writing historical fantasy is the research. In LADY LAZARUS, one of the characters has occasion to take the fabled Orient Express from Budapest to Calais...
I found this first-person account in my Internet travels. Every time I read this, stories start humming in my mind...
The First World ( Read more... ) -
Busy, busy...
Spring is busting out all over in New York and I am suddenly filled with energy. I'm one of those people who hibernate in the winter and come alive in the warm weather...it's so great to wake up ( Read more... )
