Revelation 12:1-5 A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. 2She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth. 3Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red …Read More

If a writer takes good reviews to heart, defining herself by what folks choose to opine about her work, then she must also take the bad. So I try hard not to let myself believe my own press one way or the other. It affects my enthusiasm and confidence when I sit down to write. …Read More

CALLING MR LONELY HEARTS, the novel I’m working on now, is filled with birds. I’m not sure how they came to be there, or why. I could explore the subject, but I’d rather leave it for a reader to discover. Writers are notoriously bad diviners of meaning in their work. I love wild birds. I …Read More

It was a rainy Sunday here today, a perfect day for taking in a film with P. We spent the afternoon in a dark and sparsely populated theater watching No Country for Old Men. A couple of summers back, I had the privilege of reviewing the Cormac McCarthy novel on which the film is based. …Read More

I get such a thrill out of meeting with readers. During a whirlwind 48 hour door-to-door trip between Southern Illinois and Los Gatos, CA (near SFO) this weekend, I got to meet about 20 women who had lots to share about their reading of ISABELLA MOON. Our book party/brunch hostess, Teresa, had printed out reader’s …Read More

Here’s the list: Roomba Hrothgar Jr Epitome ET Ruminator R.E.D. Creepy Zombie Robot Thing Carpet Muncher (hey, it was suggested…) Grendel Little Wheelie Dust Bunny Sucker Dust Beagle Grendel Victor Vacuum Kirby Svartalfar Vladimir Mini-Hroth. Zen Puppy. Pig (Personal Ingenious Gadget) Spot Bot Donald Rumsfeld Tamburlaine Leucippus Grendel What a brilliant list–so many terrific choices. …Read More

One of the tough things about working/writing from home is balancing housework, parenting and writing time. There’s the stereotype of a scatterbrained writer working amid chaos: children playing beneath her desk, laundry piling up, etc. And, yes, we’ve lived like this from time to time. But chaos is no fun to work in. Seriously. A …Read More

I adored my visit with the DuQuoin, IL Rotary Club this past week. They meet every Tuesday at Francie’s Bed and Breakfast. (And if you know Isabella Moon, you know why the name of the inn is amusing!) It was one of the most enjoyable hours I’ve spent in a long time. It’s amazing to …Read More

Despite the fact that I should be staying home and working on this next novel and nursing the never-ending cold, I’m guest-blogging again this weekend. Fantasy Debut at blogspot did a quite thorough Spotlight Review of Isabella Moon a couple of weeks back, and Tia Nevitt had me do a kind of follow up for …Read More

Project Runway began tonight, once again. Why is it that Heidi Klum is so stunning, but she looks dreadful in almost every outfit she wears on the show? Puzzling. But the show was a balm to my sniffy self–I’ve had a cold and fever for three days. Each night has brought strange dreams: cat-eating crocodiles …Read More