Why do we adore our favorite novels? When a story grips us enough to be a favorite, some type of bonding has occurred. We connected to something as we read. This experience can go deep—for readers and for writers—and leave a lasting impression. What fascinates me is the crossover between fiction and real life, when stories or characters influence us to […]
Read MoreWhen I sat on the couch in my living room this morning to explore the delicious topics of play, healing, and creativity, something surprising happened. Even though those topic have pervaded my life and I wrote a novel that explores them, until today I hadn’t really researched the synergies between those topics.
I fired up Google and started clicking links, following my curiosity, doing searches like play and healing. About two minutes in, I suddenly started sobbing […]
Read MoreWhere do you feel most at home? Is your instinctive answer a town or a country, a family house, a room in your apartment, your bed? Why?
My lifelong love affair with the concept of home arose from weathering many moves as a child of parents who valued career opportunities (in their modest, service-oriented way) over location stability. As an adult, I extended the trend and continued to […]
Read MoreWhen was the last time you lost yourself in a natural setting? What did you do there? How long did you feel better after you returned home?
You may have heard of the Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku, or “forest bathing.” This strikes a deep chord with me. In an article in The Guardian by […]
Read MoreAs a private person, I socialize by diverting attention away from myself. I use my intuition and empathy to protect my introversion, by asking other people about themselves. If you need to get something heavy off your chest, dig into a problem that seems to have no solution, or tackle a dreaded task, I’m an asset.
If you need to get the party started, look elsewhere. At the shindig, I’ll […]
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Where is home for you? Are you happy there?
Over the two years I wrote The Infinite Onion, I thought a lot about Home with a capital H, wondering if a deep feeling of Home would be possible for me after living in eighty places in three countries. I felt homeless in a conceptual way, and longed for […]
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The road to happily ever after is paved with boundary negotiations. From the first meeting to the happy ending in a romance story, characters interact in a series of approaches and retreats, queries and responses. Yes. No. Maybe.
This is why I love writing and reading romance: […]
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