Welcome to my site…
After earning my MFA in creative writing, I began a career in writing and publishing. I’ve been an editor and writer for reference book and education publishers, including Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Scholastic Press, and National Geographic Learning. I’ve written professional profiles and articles for MIT and Radcliffe, as well as graphic novelizations of Greek myths.
On this site I offer observations and links to things I’m reading, hearing, and seeing, as well as to what I’m cooking! as I work on a novel set in Cornwall and London in the 1930s. Current tagline: A house with a history. A woman with a future. Two nations on the brink.
I hope you’ll join me here from time to time, Please comment on my posts!
What I’m Reading
A Very Annoying Book
Sometimes a book annoys me so much I just have to write about it.
The Catch by Alison Fairbrother
This recent novel is fun to read and deeply satisfying.
Caribbean Women Bring Important Insights
Caribbean women writers know what intersectionality is all about!
What I’m Seeing and Hearing
Preludes at the Lyric Stage Company
The beginning of the year is a great time to think about how to overcome creative blocks.
My Review of Life of Pi
You ain’t seen nothin’ until you’ve seen this play.
Movie Review: She Said
This one easily passes the Bechdel-Wallace test.
What I’m Cooking
Gazpacho. You Don’t Need a Recipe, but Here are Some Suggestions
Every batch of gazpacho is a little different, and every batch is delicious!
Vegan Hot Dogs and Beer
An tasty, easy, and dare I say healthy summer meal.
Coffee Socks
Is it the coffee that made my Costa Rican coffee taste so good? Or the socks?
What I’m Thinking
What Words Capture the Ways We Interact Now?
Maybe the big difference is that some people get pizza.
On Doing the Thing You Don’t Want to Do
A rambling meditation on local theater and seizing the moment.
Service or Revolution?
MLK Day service projects put people in touch with their communities. But service is not enough.
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