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My Creative Process
Inspiration is ellusive, but a favorite activity, like a morning walk, encourages the muse. When I attempt to move a roadblock from the path of my story plot, I think about the possibilities, instead of obsessing about the barrier. Ideas … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, writing
Tagged creativity, inspiration, story, walking, writing
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One Hundred Words about Time Travel
A character in my time travel novel asks these questions: If you could travel through time, would you? Do you dream about the past, the present, or the future? If you chose to live in another time period, when would … Continue reading
Fast Forward
This week I took a trip through time. I camped in the northern Sierra Nevada mountains, and visited a botanical area that I hadn’t seen in many years. The surrounding forest was ravaged by the Dixie fire in 2021, and … Continue reading
Posted in nature, travel
Tagged Dixie Fire, ecology, nature, peat bog, Pitcher plants
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Be Careful What You Wish For
The Good Part by Sophie Cousens is another exceptional novel that uses time travel to celebrate the ups and downs of life and our impatience to get to the good stuff. Published in November 2023 by Putnam, it’s more than … Continue reading
Posted in relationships, writing
Tagged author, book talk, family, friendship, time travel
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Slipping Through Time
An irresistible time travel novel I’m rereading is The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston, published in 2023 by Penguin-Random House. I’m on Chapter 1o, remembering how much I enjoyed it the first time. There are many different ways to … Continue reading
Time Travel Lit
I devoured a book in January that featured all of my favorite things. The Ministry of Time is the award-winning debut novel of British-Cambodian writer Kaliane Bradley, set in the UK. Published by Avid Reader Press/Simon and Schuster last year, … Continue reading
Welcome Back to Me!
It’s been a very long time since I shared my thoughts here. Too long to be away. It was hard to keep this blog going while I was teaching and grandparenting and all the other things I wanted or needed … Continue reading
One Hundred Words-Stories
Yesterday, I composed six word stories with a group of middle school students. They are my favorite age group; they’re raw. Most of them have not yet learned the subtle art of aloofness. We used pages torn from magazines, scissors, … Continue reading
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