Titles that do their job

I’ve been talking about the next book for a while now, using its working title, Career Day.  And the name was fine as a place holder, but not exactly enticing, or even terribly descriptive other than giving an idea of what was going on at the school where the story is set. But it now has a name.  Ready?…

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Editorial love

I just had an hour-long conversation with my editor that reminded me why I write—and more, why I partner with a publishing house rather than go Indie. My 2017 novel, Career Day, is like nothing I’ve ever written. It’s a tapestry of a book, interweaving a lot (yes, a lot) of voices, story lines, parts…

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Laurie emerges from her cave

Neck deep as I am in a first draft, nonetheless I’m due to extricate myself this week from the blizzard of paper scraps that is my study to appear in public, face scrubbed and carrying on normal conversation (as opposed to muttering vague bits of dialogue under my breath.) Thursday night I’ll be in San…

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Community conversations

For a chance to hear about the new stories, before anyone (well, anyone but my editor…) read on… I started my college life at a California junior college called West Valley, located near my home in Saratoga. I had no money, no job, and no idea of what I wanted to do–which made community college…

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