Just over a year ago, I hit the wall. I’d been writing for months, throwing away more pages than I…
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Pub date reflections
We were an unlikely pair, Olive Ann Burns and I. She was sixty, a gentle, charming Southern housewife with dreams…
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The View from My Window
The Christmas gift I remember most vividly from my childhood wasn’t one I received myself. Early one autumn, just over…
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A duet with a friend — and some good winter soup
I practiced a visualization all through last winter, one I returned to again and again as I sat alone writing…
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Details
The process of publishing a book has changed a bit since my own early days in the business. Looking back…
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Summer Reading — Don’t Miss This
The toes in the hammock are a good sign. They mean I’ve remembered, for today anyway, that I already have…
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