One of the most surreal moments of my life happened last year when the Green Darner Press publisher called and wanted to meet with me to talk about working together as a team to produce future work–the end result? Sandcastle and Other Stories. Here is the new logo for Green Darner Press. The Green Darner…
The third story from Sandcastle and Other Stories is dedicated to my mother. The photos are of The Girls, Myrtle and Lucille (who I called twins even though they were three years apart in age and different mutts of the 57 variety.) The Girls and my mother all passed away in 2008. She (and the…
Dreama Walker plays Becky in Compliance, the new-to-DVD film–a film that induces shudders and pushes buttons to make viewers angry, surprised, and disgusted at how complicit everyone in the movie became. Anger and sadness mixing, people can be so awful to each other. Compliance is a psychological study of perversion carried out by gullible people…
Today it’s time for more poetry. A frosty morning inspires like nothing else. Most are in haiku form, but there is one free verse poem attached at the end, 20 in all. I hope you enjoy. These poems were written in the spirit of fun, and not with any yearning for greatness in the poetic…
Creativity and books: What three books changed your life? This new year I begin a series of articles on the link between books and creativity, similar to my ongoing posts on the relationship creatives have with Music and their Muses, favorite songs and albums that help fire creative engines. Here’s a link to the last…
I haven’t been able to sit down long enough for any writing, promotion, marketing, writing life currency since real life threw several obstacles in the way. Maria Savva read my first ebook, Sandcastle and Other Stories, back in October, and asked me if I’d like to be interviewed for her blog, which is a wonderful…
Okay, I am about to decompress from packing packing packing away all of the house belongings, and moving into a temporary shelter. Next year, I’m talking to you 2013, please try to be a bit more balanced? Please. Here, Kipling and Zippy snooze out of the way while the movers approach from down the all…
When you see this button you know it’s one of the official 12 Blogs of Christmas–Check them all out! The Holiday Faux Pas A fantastic group of writers and bloggers came together to share different Christmas subjects. Their creative drive blew me away. All of them have blogs, some have even written books, and there…
“Cockerals are strutting everywhere, pecking between slabs, rending the peace of the dzong with their raucous crowing. One starts, then they all compete with each other, echo chasing echo around the courtyard. It is not true that cocks crow only at dawn. Wondering if they have some ritual significance, I ask Ngawang, as we leave…
Here are a couple photos of my home in Anacortes on Fidalgo Island, part of the San Juan Islands. In my new holiday story for 2012, Bracelet (click to read), the main character loves to walk the island, teaches art, as my own parents did, worries about the future, and is shocked to learn she…