All writers have first loves, those authors who inspired us to pick up a pen and try our unpracticed hand at the art of poetry and prose. One of mine is William Faulkner, whose stunning The Sound and The Fury, made me want to write...
Here are some of the things I tell myself when I get the blues about my writing: You started this story because it was important for you to tell it. And you’re the only one who can tell it, so you better keep going. Think of your...
Yesterday I posted a request on Twitter. I asked followers to tell me, in fewer than fifty words, what writing meant to them. I was to choose the "best," and post it here, on my blog. This morning, I found four responses, all lovely, all heartfelt,...
This year is just about gone, and next year holds the usual mystery – what will happen? And when? 2014 is the year that I owned my crankiness about the publishing world. Despite the fact that I’ve been writing for almost thirty years, and publishing regularly...
When you start a career as a writer, you believe that there is an order to things. A ladder you will climb, passing rungs others have passed, slowly, with patience, until you reach the top. I’m happy to admit that my view of this ladder...
Virginia Wolff is famous for having said that to be a woman and a writer, one needed a room of one’s own and five hundred pounds a year. In essence, she was advocating for space and time. Of course she was correct. Of course these...
This article originally appear in Women Writers, Women's Books on September 23, 2014 As Heidi Klum says on Project Runway, either you’re in, or your out. The world of publishing works this way, too. There are barriers and hurdles to get over, doors to walk through,...
Available Here What Is Found, What Is Lost, like most, if not all novels, is about a number of different things. First, it gives us four generations of women who are related by blood, but often know very little about one another. Daughters are ignorant of...
On behalf of my fellow editors at Eclectica Magazine, Tom Dooley, David Ewald, and Jennifer Finstrom, we are pleased to announce our nominations for the 2014 Best of The Net Award. They are: Poetry “Nightfall” by Kathleen Kirk “Going to the Rain” by Mihir Vatsa “Questing After the Color Blue” by Marjorie Mir “The Turtle” by Teresa...
I've got a new book coming out in October, my debut novel, What Is Found, What Is Lost. I've been working social media like crazy in an effort to build interest and gain exposure. Most of this has been on Twitter, where I'm happy to...