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Ghosts From 1968
Ghosts From 1968
Were the things we loved as children, and the things that frightened us, more powerful than what is happening to us today? Or were our brains just more elastic back then, more open to impression? Some memories of childhood remain crystal-clear, and I can trace my scariest memories, and some of my greatest loves, to 1968.
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The New Book! The General and the Horse-Lord by Sarah Black
The General and the Horse-Lord
The new book is coming out April 5 from Dreamspinner!
General John Mitchel and his favorite pilot, Gabriel Sanchez, served together as comrades and brothers-in-arms for more than twenty-five years. They followed the warrior’s path: honor first, and service, and the safety of the tribe. Their own needs for love and ( Read more... ) -
Fan Fic and Jane Eyre's Soap!
Jane Eyre Makes the Best Honey-Lemon Soap!
I never got that thing about writing fan fic. Stories about Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock? What? What planet were they on when that happened? Was Mr. Spock in pon farr? I thought Vulcans just liked to fight when…oh. No. Absolutely not. I can’t think about this. I need to put this in a small box in my mind ( Read more... ) -
Love Story with Squash
Potato Soup on the Stove
Awake or asleep, Rebecca dreamed beautiful dreams. She dreamed of a small organic market garden, maybe four acres of butternut squash and Blue Hubbards; this garden would provide the produce for the casual and eclectic restaurant where people would learn again to love the flavors of food. She even dreamed of her small ( Read more... ) -
Writing by the Numbers
Writing by the Numbers
I just sent The General and the Horse-Lord off to Dreamspinner for their consideration. One of the characters was trying to explain the basics of Algebra to a fourteen-year old. I did quite a bit of research, trying to figure out an interesting and unique way to understand algebra- for the character and myself- and since then ( Read more... ) -
Planning for my accidental death in Sequoia National Park
I’m writing this on the front porch of cabin number 1 at Grant’s Grove, King’s Canyon and Sequoia National Parks. The cabins are very quaint, with shake roofs and uneven floors. A marble dropped in the bathroom would roll right out the front door. The porch is wide and deep with chairs for those of us who can’t bear to go inside. The sky is getting ( Read more... ) -
Why I Write Romance
Why I Write Romance
Checking the writer’s pulse:
Mood: Gloomy, but with the possibility of reprieve due to lunch.
Music: Bruce Springsteen Devils and Dust
Book: John Gardner On Moral Fiction
Drink: Decaf Coffee
Pulse: 78
Shoe Size: 9.5
I read a list once that stratified writers, with poets floating dreamily at the top and writers of fiction graduated down ( Read more... ) -
The Pond gets Honorable Mention nod from Glimmer Train!
They've always been one of my dream publishers, so I was very happy they gave The Pond an honorable mention in their latest contest. Rather than send it out to publishers, though, I decided to share it with you:
The Pond
Mother said, you need to try just a little bit harder, and of course I put Janis on the record player and turned the volume up. It ( Read more... ) -
I Blame Jackson Browne
Koro 1
I’ve been in a state of rigor mortis for the past two weeks. What am I doing? I’ve quit my job and booked a one-way flight to Fiji? Are we talking clinical insanity, or have I just spent too much time listening to Jackson Browne this summer? How many times does one have to listen to The Pretender before one is moved to desperate action?
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Good Bye to the Beautiful Southwest
Good Bye to the Beautiful Southwest
By the time a person is a mother and a responsible adult, the opportunities for running away from home to become a cowboy are fairly limited. Not that I’ve let that stop me. It was ten years ago when I sold the house, put all our possessions in storage, bought a pickup and a camper, and headed out to the beautiful ( Read more... )