Today's mantra to start out the week. Print and pin to your inspiration board! "Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning." - Gloria Steinem … [Read more...]
Living the Writer’s Life!
May 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
This blog will be quiet for the next few weeks because I'm going off to do things to blog about! First, I'm deep in the heart of revisions on my novel, BEACH GLASS, which will be out on Valentine's … [Read more...]
The End: A Beautiful Beginning?
May 1, 2013 By 2 Comments
As I write new chapters of my novel BEACH GLASS, I'm looking at the end a lot. How have my characters changed since the beginning, and how did they get there? This brings to mind something I've heard in writing circles, which is that … [Read more...]
Something for your inspiration board :) Whatever you're dreaming or doing, keep going!! xx, S … [Read more...]
Inspiration: Inocente
April 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Work can really rock. I was recently fortunate enough to interview Inocente, an artist you may have heard of when the documentary about her, Inocente, won an Oscar. If you haven't heard about Inocente Izucar, or seen her amazing art, give yourself an inspiration boost by renting the … [Read more...]
Writing Romance, Now More Than Ever
April 16, 2013 By 2 Comments
I was in the middle of reading my editor's comments on my novel yesterday when I heard the news about Boston. I work at home by myself, but at that moment I felt sure I was united with many others who probably also stopped working, watched in disbelief and horror, and cried. Going back to work on … [Read more...]
Does This Writing Make Me Look Fat?
April 11, 2013 By 1 Comment
I'm almost at the end of a three-month marathon spent revising a novel. As a palate cleanser, I wrote a short story before I have to move on to revising my novel BEACH GLASS, which will be out next February. I also have to finish reading a friend's cool murder mystery, another friend's short story, … [Read more...]
Monday Morning Mantra
March 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" - Mary Oliver. A little inspiration for a Monday morning. I know what I'm doing. Tell me what your plan is... xx, S … [Read more...]
This Month’s Inspiration Board
March 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Boards like this used to be called "inspiration boards." Life coaches use the term "vision boards." On Girls, Shoshanna has a "manifestation board," and in the art and fashion worlds, they're called "mood boards." I think this month's board is a combi (to use Shoshanna-speak) of inspiration and … [Read more...]
Buy the Book: The Paris Wife
February 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The paperback version of The Paris Wife by Paula McLain fits right in with my pursuit of real pleasures. The edges of the paper are deckled, which just sighs with old-fashioned elegance, and there are lovely inner flaps not usually found in paperbacks. Nice going, Ballantine! Thanks for spending the … [Read more...]
