Getting Deep Into Character While Drafting A Novel
My main character is a chef, so I’m creating recipes for her bistro. Something about this process helps me understand my main character (Ivory Bainbridge) and her challenges in the kitchen. This time I tried making Petit Fours. These tiny squares of layered cakes decorated with dainty sugared violets...
How Many Steps To Self-Publish a Novel?
“All right! There are thousand things that have to happen in order, we are on number 8, you’re talking about number 692.” –Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell in the movie Apollo 13. This quote came to mind this week as I finished my next novel’s first draft. It’s written...
Keeping Occupied While Waiting
On November 15, 2023, my first novel: The Inheritance was released by Five Feline Farm Press. I’ve discovered that writing a novel is hard work. Maybe that’s why we call it a “work” of fiction. You wouldn’t think it is difficult. Sit down and type for a few days...