Monthly Archives: November, 2013
Memories
Memories light the corner of my mind…misty water-colored memories of the way we were… – From The Way We Were – This is one of the songs I’ll be singing today, along with Kermit’s Rainbow Connection, and the bittersweet romantic duet, You Don’t Bring Me Flowers. These songs, you see, have become inextricably linked with my family’s Thanksgiving …
Giving Back – November
This is a week for giving. On Thursday, those of us who live in the US will be celebrating the annual Thanksgiving holiday, a time to gather with family and friends, to feast on turkey, stuffing, gravy, cranberries, sweet potatoes, and delicious pumpkins pies. For me, the holiday celebration will begin a little early. Today. …
Red, White, and Blue
I’ve always loved colors. Even as a child, I had a fascination for them, as well as an unconventional approach to using them. While most kids happily colored yellow suns glowing in blue skies and painted the grass a lovely shade of green, I was the oddball who insisted on doing things a bit differently. …
The Gift of Gratitude
Each year, as the days of November move quietly along and Thanksgiving draws near, I like to reflect a moment on gratitude, not only in my own life, but also in the lives of the fictional characters I create. Indeed, gratitude — or the lack thereof — is a recurring theme in my writing. While …
And the Moral of the Story Is…
Recently I read Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald Maass, founder and president of the Donald Maass Literary Agency. He wrote at great length about the importance of theme in writing, and he made this unequivocal statement: Novels are moral. In fact, all stories convey society’s underlying values… I gave that statement a lot of thought. At …
Seasons of Love 