In this interview, I talked with Sandra R. Campbell, author of The Butterfly Harvest and Dark Migration, about her just-released novel, The Dead Days Journal. Prepare to enter a radically-upended world… (Excerpt included at the end) How would you describe The Dead Days Journal? The Dead Days is tragic tale of fear, family and love: a… Continue reading What Seeds May Lie in Dreams: An Interview
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Author Takes on Alzheimer’s Disease in Debut Novel
I introduce to you Ellen Smith, debut author of Reluctant Cassandra. I had the opportunity for an advance read, and it is an intriguing story (and includes a cute dog!) that I thoroughly enjoyed. Ellen takes on big issues, drilling down to what they mean on a very personal level. Here’s more: What is Reluctant Cassandra… Continue reading Author Takes on Alzheimer’s Disease in Debut Novel
Writerly Collaboration
I enjoy spending time with people, talking and sharing ideas, laughing, being outdoors, EATING, drinking wine or brew… but by nature, I’m more the lone wolf. My grandmother taught me as a little person how to entertain myself. I have enough reading materials to keep me busy a couple of lifetimes, and enough writing ideas…… Continue reading Writerly Collaboration
Gerbil Brain, Mental Exhaustion, Backlogged Output
I don’t understand or relate when people say they are “bored.” Maybe they mean “ennui” – a perfect word for listlessness, compliments of the French. Now, THAT I have suffered from, a sort of existential dissatisfaction. But my ennui stems from intellectual overload. My problem is not a lack of interesting things to think about and… Continue reading Gerbil Brain, Mental Exhaustion, Backlogged Output