Cutting Losses

by | Nov 20, 2010 | Waiting

Jim and I are big Lyle Lovett fans and we’ve been to several of his concerts. So we were excited when we found out he would be performing in Greenville, SC. After a lovely dinner out we found our seats and settled in to listen to our favorite musical...

Changing the story

by | Nov 17, 2010 | Reading

I recently read “Off Season” by Anne Rivers Siddons whom I typically enjoy a great deal. As usual, this book kept me turning pages (although the start was a little slow). But I didn’t much like the ending. Not because of how things turned out for the...

Old Beginning . . . New Beginning

by | Nov 14, 2010 | Uncategorized

So the revised proposal and first chapter is wending it’s way to my editor. Here’s a taste of what she’ll be looking at. OLD OPENING Walking up the hill from the henhouse with her basket full of eggs, Ella glanced down toward the calm surface of the...

The Proposal

by | Nov 13, 2010 | Uncategorized

Well I’ve been shaping and polishing my novel the past several weeks. The Lotus Leaf Effect is now The Memory of Drowning and I think it’s getting much better. It’s tighter, less nostalgic and there’s more conflict. I’m typically not a...

Subjectivity

by | Nov 10, 2010 | Reading

I just tried to read a novel by a very successful Christian author and failed. This is a well-respected writer who has published dozens of novels and has an MA in English. She’s well-respected and apparently beloved of her readers. I could NOT make myself read...