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. [...]

I visited the Morgan Library and Museum in NYC a few weeks ago where I saw the Charles Dickens at 200 exhibit. Among the displays were pages from Dickens’ manuscript of Our Mutual Friend, handwritten with pen and ink, in small, crowded cursive. Words, sentences and paragraphs had lines drawn through them. New text was [...]

“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. [...]

I have been writing  the script for a graphic novel. To my surprise, the script is about one and a half times longer than the manuscript for a prose novel. I shouldn’t have been surprised. Essentially, the script describes each graphic novel page. In my mind—or more often, on paper—I have created a series of [...]

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 [...]

My writing philosophy is something like: If that’s what it takes, that’s what it takes. Whatever it takes to find the sweet spot of my writing soul. I court this space. Very much like The Little Prince taming his fox. The fox told him everything he needed to know: Come every day, come at the [...]