Archive for March 2012
Flyby
It has been pointed out to me that I’ve been sounding a wee bit melancholy lately. I suppose I am. Living in New England is a special gift. You see, first hand, how fast the time goes with the changing of the seasons, how quickly the buds blossom and disappear. Heck, sometimes we don’t have…
Read MoreSpring Ahead
When we moved to our current house, eight years ago, I bought a bag of 100 daffodil bulbs. It seemed a ridiculous number, a luxurious indulgence, and as I planted the brown lumps I imagined a riot of yellow color, uncountable riches poking through the ground to announce Spring’s arrival. It’s my favorite season, and…
Read MoreBanishing Writer's Block
Back when I started writing Evenfall, I had very little time for writer’s block. I had one, then two, small children, a barn full of horses to keep fed and cleaned, and a very busy freelance job. Writing fiction was a break, a moment stolen from other responsibilities. It was fun. Today, the horses are…
Read MoreReleasing the Reins
In third grade, I’d exhausted the books in ‘my’ section of the school library. I’d plowed through all the Little House books, the Chronicles of Narnia, and their ilk. I was bored and wanted something more. When the reading van came to school (remember the reading van?) I was one of the first in line.…
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