Monday, October 4, 2021

Not THE One, But Still a Very Nice One

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I spent the entire month of September in a frenzy of fretting and fuming over reviews for my forthcoming book, The Lost Language , which off...
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Thursday, August 26, 2021

Defeating the Demons of Doubt

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A new friend sent me this email yesterday: " I know self-doubt comes to all writers, even successful ones like yourself. When those dou...
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Sunday, August 22, 2021

Two-Thirds of the Way to One Hundred

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Seven years ago, on August 21, 2014, my 60th birthday, I wrote a blog post trumpeting the curtain's rise on what I was calling Act III ...
Monday, August 2, 2021

A Final Farewell

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My two sons and I set off on a pilgrimage last weekend to my late husband's most sacred spot on this earth: Arapaho Ridge in the Trouble...
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Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Publishing a Book Forty Years Ago vs. Publishing a Book Now

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  As I was doing my massive book giveaway this summer, I realized that I had published my very first book, Luisa's American Dream, in 1...
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Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Swedish Death Cleaning? Or Swedish LIFE Cleaning?

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I've been proceeding with great cheerfulness on my current project of "Swedish death cleaning" -  clearing out one's mount...
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Monday, July 5, 2021

What Should An Author Do with Hundreds of Old Author Copies?: My Gigantic, Ginormous, Gargantuan Book Giveaway

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I published my first book exactly forty years ago, in 1981.  I'm publishing #61 ( Boogie Bass, Sign Language Star ) and #62 ( The Lost L...