Barbara Walker is one of those people you want on your side. She’s tough, determined, and not afraid to speak out. We met Barbara when we were considering adoption. We spent several days in Haiti before bringing our children home, and our visits with her there and here leave us awestruck and appreciative. It takes [...]
A novel is one picture, one glimpse of life, with a sky-full of stars tucked inside to discover as you read. I’m reading my novel in progress for the first time. I’m discovering loose ends, meanderings that take me away from the story, and also some gems that dropped in there as I created the [...]
Five and a half years ago, we traveled to Haiti with our son Kaj, then 7, against state-department recommendations, just weeks after the last Haiti coup, to pick up our daughter Sandra and son Jean (now 11 and 8).
Haiti is a country about the size of Maryland (or the Olympic peninsula) with 9 million people. [...]
Monsterous News for MONSTERS ON MACHINES:
Who better to rate monster books than the Monster Librarian! Thank you, Monster Librarian, for including Stinky Stubb, Dirty Dugg, Gorbert, and Melvina, my MONSTERS ON MACHINES on your “Top Picks” list of books you reviewed in 2009–”exceptional examples of compelling writing, creativity, and original illustration or presentation.” Check [...]
Twenty years ago I moved from Minnesota to Whidbey Island and discovered University Bookstore in Seattle. It’s still a favorite stop when we’re in the area, and tomorrow I get to help them celebrate their 110 years.
You’ll be bumping into area authors at every turn, especially in the early afternoon. I hope to be there [...]
No resolutions this year. I’m just choosing Joy. That’s it. Can’t decide what to work on? Choose joy. Making plans for vacation? Choose joy. Simple, huh? We’ll see…
I just finished the first draft of my NaNoWriMo novel! Lots of holes to fill, lots of cutting ahead, but that’s what I love. Revision. Sick, isn’t it? [...]
I’m not the best at letting people know where I can be found, but since it’s the holiday season, it would really be great to be in touch. Here’s what this week looks like:
On Whidbey Island, you’ll find me here and there at various sing-a-longs and concerts. In the Seattle area, you can find me [...]
NaNoWriMo is over. You have your 50,000+ word manuscript. And even if you don’t, you have at least a glimmer of an idea that won’t let go, and now it’s time to do something with it. I don’t kow about you, but I’m not ready to pour right into another month of writing, especially this [...]
It’s about an hour straight north of Lake Woebegon (and this is where I can’t help but tell you I sang on Prairie Home Companion years ago). Blueberry is the setting of the novel I’m working on, the one I started this month for NaNoWriMo. Like its Prairie Home sister to the south, Blueberry is [...]
I laughed when I pulled out this card. Cling to the Impossible. It’s what I’ve been doing all month as I steal enough time from my days to crank out 50,000 words for National Novel Writing Month, but especially now in the home stretch.
Both my NaNoWriMo novel and the experience of writing it are fraught [...]
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