Since I’m the one who used to live in Brooklyn, I was the guide on a recent trip to NYC with my husband. When it was time for dinner, I led us by subway to Union Square and then meandered toward the East Village. I had no idea what to eat, but was just meandering. [...]

“Where do your ideas come from?” I am asked that question fairly regularly. My answer, depending on the audience, will be a variation on, “I am inspired by the books I’ve read.” Sometimes it’s “stories I’ve heard,” or “an epic poem,” or “comic books.” But the gist is the same: I steal ideas. Gasp! Well. [...]

One of the main characters in the novel I’m working on is an avid teen hunter. The story is set in Vermont. So, I need to know about hunting. In Vermont. Even though I graduated from high school in VT, what I know isn’t worth much: -Our goats were in danger of being mistaken for [...]

When I set out to design our 2010 holiday card, I began with a pile of odd sized scraps of printmaking paper I’d found while cleaning out a closet. My husband pointed out that the 2-1/2 x 10” paper scraps were not a customary greeting card shape and would not fit into standard envelopes. As logical [...]