forsythia season

almost April, goodness me! I haven't visited my blog for nearly three months - I don't know how people manage this blog-twitter-facebook world - I have signed on to several sites where people beseech me to be their 'friend', but it is so time consuming - and I'd rather meet a friend in a coffee shop, truly face to face
so.. big events lately I had a wonderful review of Where is She Now on Nina Sankovich's readallday.org website - she named me as one of her favorite authors and put me in a list with REAL names - I am so encouraged, it made me read my book again and yes, it is good ! although it is odd that when one is writing (or this one anyway) there is no conscious effort to create all the allusions and symbolism that the readers find in the story
a friend of mine gave the book to an elderly English psychic, she was convinced that I had tapped in to a real past event and had channeled the voice and spirit of that former time
I could almost believe it, so much within that the writer is not aware of at a conscious level, surfaces in the story
another biggie........in four days time I will have been married for fifty years - the offspring are planning a party - the spouse is reluctant .... but it is an achievement ..... all those years raising children, making a living in four different countries ... in sickness and in health, in unemployment and financial distress, at home and in exile.... and there is bounty at the end - six marvelous, wonderful grandchildren, new directions, old joys, forsythia season, daffodils and crocus... looking ahead
I am going to be adding a poetry page to this blog - some of my favorites from my children's writing- watch for it -

finally got the 'camel' illustration from Elephant Blue reproduced as a card - it looks wonderful and is my New Year card with the message 'peace in the desert' which is my fervent wish, and the only guarantor of peace for us all

Murder in the Gun room has sprung to life again, a new character appeared, just as in Where is She Now? - when the character of Anna inserted herself into the text, I had not planned for an alter ego at all, and am actually NOT a fan of alter ego books, but she seemed so natural and became the spindle around which the book revolved, - in the same way, Marcus has appeared, he unites the characters, being the focus around which each of them builds their paranoia - so thank you, Marcus and now we are moving

I am also reworking several short stories, or rather long stories too short to be a novel!! - that seems to be my preferred length, but is difficult to market - I may get out a short story book before I get the novel wrapped up

am doing some book groups.. great - I love talking books with readers

and still moving into the modern era - Where is She Now is on Kindle!!!!

next CDs with children's stories