Below is a second guest post by my friend and fellow writer Kay Henden (see “I Loved the Stories,” posted Jan. 2, 2015). We met…
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…