Nearly ten years ago, I was considering my first series of inspy romance and an idea was born. Book 1 would feature Leslie, a fifty-something teacher facing an empty summer. Her husband had just filed divorce papers. The house that had been her family’s haven for fifteen years was going up on the market. Her […]
Writing Retreat
Writing can be a very solitary, lonely pursuit. Even my husband, parents, and son don’t really understand the part of me that’s driven to get the stories out of my head and onto paper. I spent a lot of years going it alone. Eventually I found two local writing groups. Though some of the members […]
Who is in your Driver’s Seat?
The picture above was taken from the venue of my nieces wedding North of Seattle. In October I was given the most amazing opportunity to attend a screenwriter’s intensive retreat. For five days I was holed up in Seattle inside an ancient house with a serious foundation issue. I wish I’d thought to take pictures. […]