DON’T MESS WITH GOOGLE Tuesday, my computer guru dropped by to exchange my ergonomic keyboard for an old fashioned one. He’d decided my fancy device was causing me problems. In his mind, the best fix was to take me a step backward, electronically. I admit I have difficulty with al
Caroline, you paint such a vivid picture of Bodacious Scurvy— and his life. Your neighborhood has lost a wonderful friend. My sympathies. – Carol Thomas Koon
DEULING MASTERS OF MAGIC I confess I’m a big Harry Potter fan. At the moment, I’m rereading the final book as a refresher for the November movie release: part 1 of a two part series. It’s been a while since I first read it and I’m discovering how much I’ve forgotten. I like
THE BROWNING COMPASS I finished Dominique Browning’s latest book, Slow Love. It took me only a few days and I enjoyed every minute of it. The story recounts the end of House & Garden, the magazine she edited for a number of years, managing to increase its circulation a hundred f
EINSTEIN AND THE FIFTH DIMENSION I received a rejection from another agent this morning. She was replying to an e-mail I’d written several months before. So much time had passed, I no longer thought of my query, but today it was on her mind. What I’d forgotten, she was remembering
THE ART OF THE PUPPETEER On Monday, I did another radio interview for my books, Heart Land and Gothic Spring. I’ve been lucky to meet some wonderful hosts and Monday’s was no exception. He’d pulled out nuances from the text that I’d put there, mostly to amuse myself. Being dis
I’m not sure how you manage to come up with these inspired posts and still have time to rewrite your novel. I loved this piece…..pushes all the right buttons! Thank you! L
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE I’ve edited 40 pages of my novel so far. The work has been slow, painstaking and I’d love to believe it will be my last rewrite; but I know it isn’t. I’ll rewrite it again before I send it off to my personal editor. She’ll go over it, find errors I