Fun and/or Terrifying

Every once in a while, something that I post here touches a nerve and ricochets around the blogworld.  My last posting, Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid , seems to have done just that.  Before anything else I write today, I want to say how grateful I am for all the...

Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.

A few days ago, Angie Michaelis, wrote a very interesting and wise blog about the role fear plays in the writing process.  For most of us, it is a demon always present, sometimes so huge it’s insurmountable, sometimes so puny we can laugh in its face.  But...

What's On My Desk?

Here’s a confession for you…I love reading those articles about writers’ working lives, how they write, where, when, and all those piddly little details that come together to make us who we are.  I recently discovered that the multi-talented Sarah...

From Notting Hill Gate to Tsverskaya

Today I went to the branch of Waterstones on Notting Hill Gate where the official public launch of Tangled Roots will be held on Thursday, 22 May 7.00 pm (come one, come all!).  I looked  around the room, got a sense of how we might use the space, what the event might...