Rewrites are essential. And incredibly challenging. Medieval hymns pipe through my headphones, as I pore through photos from a recent research trip to France. The search for the true Mona Lisa continues with this latest draft of Woman on the Wall. Embrace the Process of Rewrites While annoying, and, at time, incredibly soul-sucking, the rewriting…
I never expected to find a moment of self-discovery at 50. I intentionally stripped bare and ripped the layers of myself so far back to the very core, I was sure I’d die of exposure. By far, 2019 emerged as the most incredible year of my life. It was as self-discovery at 50 of a…
Preparation for my upcoming trip was littered with travel expectations and extensive, more like obsessive, planning. France owned me. The kids made it clear they were over it. “All you think about and talk about is France,” my oldest repeated, deservedly irritated with a lack of parental attention. “What will you do when you don’t have…
The dead month of August is just that, dead silent. Just about every writer who submits their work to agents knows that there is one month every year when nothing happens. Don’t prep a manuscript, write a query letter, reach out on Twitter, or check in with an agent who has your partial. It’s not…