“How long did it take you to write your book?” Without a doubt, that is the question I get asked most frequently when I tell people that my novel is being published.  I wish I could give them a straight answer, but the truth is I don’t really know how long it took.  Some days… Read More The Journey to Publication

We’re getting closer to launch day!  It is amazing the amount of work that goes into marketing a book – beyond the expected proofreading and editing.  I often wonder what Jane Austen or Arthur Conan Doyle would have thought about the blogs and tweets, e-readers and websites that every author now counts as necessities?  Would… Read More Dribs and Drabs

My DVR is currently at 2% full.  I’ve got last night’s episodes of Copper and Leverage and then it will be empty.  Uh oh. I haven’t had an empty DVR menu since I first got a DVR.  I tape various television shows because (like many people) I love TV.  (Come on, you know you do…) … Read More Prayers for the Fall TV Season

If you’ve visited my blog before, you’ll notice that I have a brand-new, spiffy layout.  Take a look around!  Things aren’t perfectly in place yet, but I’m pretty pleased with how things are shaping up. I can’t believe it, but there are only 52 days and counting until Next Year I’ll be Perfect is published! … Read More Countdown to Publication

Here’s a list of the top 10 things I love this week: 1. Martin Freeman’s fedora at Comic Con.   2.  The little kid who starred in Moonrise Kingdom 3.   Weather forecasters who can predict an accurate forecast.  (Unfortunately, much like unicorns and Bigfoot, I don’t believe they actually exist.) 4.  The wonderfully supportive people… Read More Things I Love

I’ve been telling folks my exciting news in dribs and drabs but haven’t yet publicly announced it, so here we go: My novel, “Next Year I’ll be Perfect” is going to be published.  I can’t begin to describe how it felt to type that last line.  That is something I’ve wanted to be able to… Read More Exciting News

I have a confession to make.  I hate the first day of summer.  With a passion. Don’t get me wrong:  I love summer, itself.  Sun, swimming, cookouts, baseball, watermelon, drive-ins, sundresses, hammocks.  These are all remarkably good things that make me wildly happy.  It is just the first day of summer – the longest day… Read More First Day of Summer and other Nonsense

Most of my blog and twitter entries lately have been about the book of essays I’m involved with:  Write for the Fight:  A Collection of Seasonal Essays.  But tonight I’m taking a break from that project.   I’m not even going to mention the shiny new link on the right hand side of the page.  The… Read More Entertainment Updates

  Thank you, Mother Nature. Leaving Key West during one of its brief and infrequent rain showers somehow makes it more bearable.  I had been filling out an application at a local hair-braiding and bead tent before the rain started.  But now I’ve resigned myself to returning to Maine, the cold weather and the need to… Read More Key West Travelogue