Mistakes. Second chances. Love. Betrayal. Heartache. Hope. Death. This month’s books, EMILY’S DRESS AND OTHER MISSING THINGS (Kathryn Burak) and TOUCHING THE SURFACE (Kimberly Sabatini) focus on a variety of similar themes, but each is distinctly its own story. EMILY’S DRESS includes a missing best friend, a stolen dress, a dead poet, and a dreamy … Continue Reading
Browsing Tag: Emily's Dress and Other Missing Things
Serious writers are busy people, people who say things like: “in order to be a writer, one must write every day.” As a teacher and mother, I am more apt to carve my writing time in spurts during vacations and weekends. Still, I do agree that thinking about yourself as a working writer is essential … Continue Reading
Two words every writer dreads: writer’s block. You never want to be in a position where you must use this term to describe a condition you are living through, but sometimes it happens. The truth is, I had a bad case of writer’s block that lasted a long time. . . . I don’t even … Continue Reading
