The other night I was proofing a cookbook for someone--into the wee hours of the morning--and it was making me so hungry. Not hungry for any of the recipes in the cookbook, but for a specific meal from a specific place ( Read more... )

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In another of those "things you find when you're looking for something else" category...

I discovered a Hallmark box of miniature ornaments that I know came from Lynne, since they are from the Dr. Seuss book Green Eggs and Ham. I once wrote a character named Sam--not the Sam who shows up in Coventry, but a different Sam--and when he first ( Read more... )

I'm not talking about me! Although there is a "real" poem coming later today, unlike yesterday's just-before-midnight cry of computer-and-phone-induced frustration.

I'm referring to Tammy Jo Trask, the former pastry chef/now reluctant witch in writer Kimberly Frost's Southern Witch series. On Saturday, I was at Murder By the Book for Kimberly's ( Read more... )

I was taking some photos off my cell phone when I found this one. I don't even remember shooting it. This particular Nordstrom window, which I've shown a couple of other times on my LJ, was the inspiration for a scene I wrote in Someone Like You. You never know what kind of place will find its way into something you create.


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Current Photo Friday theme: Travels


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I usually work on these poems in the middle of the night, and Tom usually reads them when he's feeding the dogs in the morning. He said this one made him feel like he needs to defend his gender. I don't blame him. Then I wondered if people will think I'm writing about my life, which makes me feel I need to issue a disclaimer: Words randomly ( Read more... )

On his blog, Jeffrey Ricker asks:

Here's a question--or actually several: what music inspires you? Have you ever written anything inspired by a particular piece of music? Do you listen to music while you write?

Here's my answer:

I do make mental and sometimes real soundtracks for the novels I work on. Off the top of my head: Three Fortunes ( Read more... )

Yesterday when messing with some Christmas lights, I knocked this off a shelf and it cracked in two places.


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