Feb 9, 2012 | A Day In My Life
“What have you been doing for the last two years?” the editor said from across his desk, looking out from over top his glasses. “As I said,” Annie replied. “I’ve been at home with my boys. I’ve freelanced occasionally, tried to keep my fingers in the business.” And...
Feb 7, 2012 | A Day In My Life
If I hadn’t lost my job at The Dunston Herald, I’d still be writing articles about church bazaars and Girl Scout cookie sales. Now, instead, I get to read for a living. Who wouldn’t rather do that? As an intern at A Novel Idea, I’m part of a thriving literary agency...
Feb 6, 2012 | A Day In My Life
About a decade ago, I decided that my writing career was never going to take off as long as I watched network TV. I figured if I no longer got sucked into that nightly routine, I’d have up to an additional twenty hours a week to write. It worked! Hey, Mikey! But then...
Feb 3, 2012 | A Day In My Life
Q. Is any part of “THE DARK ROSE” autobiographical, or is it wholly imagined? A. Of course parts of me leak into my characters. I can only tell you about the aspects I am conscious of. I’m sure there are more. As one British reviewer recently told me,...
Feb 1, 2012 | A Day In My Life
Let me start by saying that a typical day in my current life bears no resemblance to what I was doing just a month ago, before I returned from being a reporter in Urban, Wisconsin, to being a daughter in my hometown of Sutherton, North Carolina. Sutherton is situated...
Jan 30, 2012 | A Day In My Life
I’m excited about this gig in Athena. Dad is going to be so surprised when he sees me. As far as he knows I’m busy in L.A. going to auditions, meeting with producers – you know the drill. During our weekly phone call a couple of nights ago, I almost gave the game...
