I’ve never been good at doing more than one task simultaneously. As a university student I worked as a part-time secretary. My boss watched me…
I recently taught Austen’s Emma for what felt like the millionth time. I know I need to take a break from teaching a text when…
I was inspired by Kay’s guest post to think about my own career path. After high school I had no idea what to do with…
Below is a guest post by my friend and fellow writer Kay Henden. We met at the 2013 Historical Novel Society Conference in Florida and…
This is a shortened version of a post I published in September. It has a Christmas theme so it suits this time of year! Here’s…
About a month ago I spent an interesting weekend doing two things I’ve never done before: visiting a Quaker meeting and a tattoo parlor. I…
At some point most novelists create non-human characters, who need to be as believable as human ones. I suppose this is particularly important for fantasy…
I recently reached two major milestones in my life. The first was a birthday I’d been dreading for many years. I don’t generally have strong…
Several years ago, my husband and I went on vacation to Israel. It was one of the best vacations I’ve ever had, one of those…
I was raised as an evangelical Christian whose family attended church three or four times a week (twice on Sundays). In my twenties I rebelled…