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flowers and funicolare
I am sitting in the inner garden of the 15th century (not 16th, as I first thought) palazzo in which we have lived, these last few weeks, watching the palazzo’s white cat sharpen his claws on the...
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hip blog hop!
A few weeks ago, just after my family and I returned from two months across the pond, the Portland-based writer, Kate Gray, asked me if I’d like to participate in a blog hop. “Sure!” I said (though I...
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new book contract signed!
Happy day! And here’s proof positive, documented by my son: More to come soon, but I’ll say this for now . . . The novel’s working title is BROKEN GROUND. Like SING FOR ME, it’s set in the 1930s (this...
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Publishers Lunch Announcement
And here’s more on next book, including the one-sentence synopsis and the title, posted in PUBLISHERS LUNCH! July 30, 2014 Fiction: General/Other Pushcart Prize Winner and author of SING FOR ME, Karen...
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Until All Saints’ Day
Friends, the manuscript of my next novel, BROKEN GROUND, is due to Beth Adams, my editor at Simon & Schuster/Howard Books this coming November 1st. I’m taking it to heart that this is also All...
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happy belated first-draft-done
I’m looking at 50% on my laptop’s battery bar. I tell you this because this is the amount of time I’ve allotted to myself to write this post. 49% now. I will finish this post before the bar hits code...
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outside my bedroom window: broken ground
It has been over six months since I last posted here. This astonishes me. I am trying to understand why the long delay. In honor of David Letterman’s recent leave-taking, here are the top 10 reasons...
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BROKEN GROUND Book Cover!
Here it is! As with SING FOR ME, Beth Adams, my editor at Simon & Schuster/Howard Books, and the imprint’s art director, Bruce Gore, were kind enough to include me in the discussion as they...
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déjà vu, Donald Trump
The last month, particularly the last handful of days, has proven surreal for me, thanks to real-estate mogul Donald Trump. Having inserted himself into yet another facet of our lives with his...
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NOOK BOOK NEWS!
Sourcebooks, that wonderful, force-to-be-reckoned-with independent publisher who published my YA Novel, WHILE HE WAS AWAY, contacted me to say that the book is part of the NOOK Under $2.99 Assortment...
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Fresh Fiction Blog Post
Happy 2016! I started off the year with a bang–literally. Two days after my birthday on January 4th, a car ran a stop sign and set my little Civic, and my head, spinning. As I said on Facebook: it was...
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New short story published!
I’ve published my first short story via Kindle Direct! Experiencing a jumping-off-the-high-dive sensation over here! When I finished writing my novel BROKEN GROUND (due out May 3rd!), I found myself...
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PREQUEL RELEASE DAY!
Happy Friday! Today is the birthday of one of my dearest friends! Happy birthday, Joni! And it’s the birthday of my short story, “Good Harvest“! Happy birthday, “Good Harvest!” I never thought you...
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My New Job
As of December 2015, I have a part-time job at the Wheaton Public Library. To be more specific: I work at the circulation desk of the Wheaton Public Library. This is the library of my girlhood. I spent...
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Joshilyn Jackson & Julie Cantrell: my heroes
Here’s the thing about authors: Busy though they may be, best-sellers though they may be, they typically do what they can for others who are also hunkered down, doing the work the best they’re able....
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