Story endings need to be satisfying, and that means most of the threads that have been woven through should be tied up. But in fiction, everything doesn’t need to be happily ever after. There are exceptions, such as most rom-coms, … Continue reading →
Tomorrow’s a big day. You may think you have no power, like a character in a children’s book. But as we know, children in kids’ books end up having a lot of power to solve problems. And tomorrow, you do, … Continue reading →
Halloween is just days away. My sister’s favorite holiday. She liked to be scared (unlike me). It was all fun and games until the fear became personal. My sister, Tammy, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in April of 2008, and … Continue reading →
I’m not an enormous fan of scary books. But there is a large audience ready and waiting for spooky reading material. Here are some that I’ve read and enjoyed. Not too spooky, not too tame. They’re the Goldilocks versions of … Continue reading →
I first heard that idea from Robin Roberts of CBS This Morning. I believe her mother said it to her when she was struggling with health issues. When you’re in that position it’s easy and completely normal to be down … Continue reading →
When I was very young, my parents would tell me and my sister to let them sleep on the weekends. Whatever that looked like for us, that’s what we had to do. I don’t know what my sister did. Actually, … Continue reading →
That was a great line from the movie When Harry Met Sally. I’ll watch pretty much anything starring Meg Ryan. You’ve Got Mail is my Christmas movie go-to. There’s just one scene in it from Christmas, but it’s such a … Continue reading →
Plans and outlines and hopes and dreams are all fine and dandy, until they’re not. Until Life happens—sticking its nose through the crack in the door that you left open for some fresh air, thinking you were impervious to a … Continue reading →
Here’s why it pays to read widely, outside of your preferred genre. Ideas spring up like wildflowers from all sources—there for the picking. Part of my morning reading for the past couple of weeks has been a book called Mostly … Continue reading →
Happy Monday! (Or Tuesday or whenever you’re reading this.) Here’s my book list for September. Flora and Ulysses by Kate Dicamillo (Middle Grade fiction, 2013). Flora’s parents are divorced and the situation has made Flora a cynic. Enter squirrel-turned-superhero (because … Continue reading →
