What Zoom And Photography Have In Common
Have you ever looked at a family photo, really looked at it, and wondered why various members pose the way they do – where they stand vis à vis the group, whether their arms are around others’ shoulders or around themselves, whether their heads are inclined toward their kin or away? How we choose to…
Read MoreWhat To Do With The X In The Corner
Do you search the web for bits of information? I’m constantly doing it for work. Take today. One of my characters had too much to drink last night and woke up with a hangover. What to do? I’ve never been hungover myself. I’ve been tipsy, and know what that’s like, like I’m not in full…
Read MoreMask Fun
Please. No bickering about the title of this blog. We all know that COVID-19 is nothing to laugh about, not with so much illness and death. But during the years I fought Breast Cancer, I learned the importance of positive thinking. I’d make the lemons-to-lemonade argument if it weren’t so clichéd. So how’s this: When…
Read MoreDiscovery in the Time of COVID-19
We live in an interesting time, such a different life now from before. But not all of the changes have been bad. Granted, my family is well, so I’ve been spared the worst. Likewise, employment. I write every morning, same as always. Not everyone is as lucky. My heart aches for those whose losses have…
Read MoreWhat Happens When a Novel Gets People Talking?
It used to be that a good writer could write about anything, that a novelist could interpret reality in the way she chose, that a publisher could publish any book that was intelligent, relevant, and well-grounded. But have the rules changed? In this day and age of PC to the extreme, can only a rape…
Read MoreHow To Pick A Setting For Your Book
Here I am again, having just finished writing one opus and now contemplating the next. Where to place it? Where would you set your book, if you were to write one? I’ve been writing about New England pretty much since the start of my career. There were a few exceptions years ago when I set…
Read More6 Reasons the KonMari Method Does Not Work With Books
A week ago, I had no idea who Marie Kondo was. Then, after rushing past yet one more article about her now-viral KonMari Method of decluttering a home, I slowed and took a closer look. Marie Kondo is a professional tidier-upper. The star of several books, a ton of videos, and as of…
Read MoreThis is Why I Have Four Reasons For Hope
No, this is not a political blog. I’m not touting one candidate over another. The election of 2018 is over. Some races went the way I wanted, others did not. For me, though, four things stand out. Four BIG reasons for hope: Women can do it. Record numbers of women ran – and WON –…
Read MoreMy Take on Brett Kavanaugh, Christine Blasey Ford, and The Supreme Court
* * * WARNING: This blog contains my personal opinions. If you do not wish to hear them, please do not read this. Thank you. * * * Is anyone out there as distraught over the circus of the Supreme Court/Senate Judiciary Committee hearing as I am? I believe Dr. Ford is telling the truth.…
Read MoreHow to Write Like Delinsky: Five Rules Of Writing
Some things are ingrained from childhood. One of those, for me, is the start of the school year. New clothes, new books, new classes, new rules – I may have outgrown the first three, but the part about rules never leaves. So I start off the 2018-2019 learning year with FIVE Rules of Writing. If…
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