What a thrill to be seated in a room with readers holding copies of FALLING WOMEN AND OTHER STORIES. Most of these readers had read my stories closely; one had read the book twice. We talked about how the stories…Continue Reading →
I’m scheduled to give a reading at Fall for the Book, a literary festival at George Mason U. on September 25 at 3:00 outside the Johnson Center. This will be my sixth reading of Falling Women and Other Stories, my short…Continue Reading →
The Writing and Reading Resolution A favorite expression—I’m only a writer when I’m writing—reminds me not to talk about writing more than I actually write, and not to take myself or my writing too seriously. Yet I wish to write…Continue Reading →
Since January 2012, I’ve received invitations to book teas, held in private homes, where the featured guest is the recently published book. One of my friends with a gorgeous house offered to give one for my book, Falling Women and…Continue Reading →
“My mother taught a language no one speaks” is a line from the first short story in my collection, Falling Women and Other Stories. The sentence came to me one day during a writing exercise I was doing with students…Continue Reading →
More than ten years ago, Sunil Freeman, Assistant Director of the Writer’s Center, called and asked if I would like to teach “Writing from Life.” “What is it?” I wanted to know.
“How will I know you?” I ask my publisher, Sheryl Dunn, President of Shelfstealers. She’s meeting me at the airport in Leon, Mexico. I’ve worked with this woman for over a year, emailing almost daily, sharing my fiction and…Continue Reading →
“The twinkling of an eye will take as long as I say, and will, if I wish, divide into tiny eternities, full of bullets stopped in mid-flight. Not a thing will happen unless I say so.” Wislawa Szymborska (July 2,…Continue Reading →
