The writer’s dilemma is time. (Perhaps that everybody’s dilemma, but I digress.) Writers are blessed/cursed with fertile imaginations that don’t come with off switches. Since getting an idea takes a heartbeat and writing a book takes months or years, we all carry...
For the past twenty years, my life has run on two parallel tracks—writing novels and teaching others how to write novels. On the writing side, I’ve written over 20 novels for readers of all ages. On the teaching side, I’ve written three bestselling writing guides,...
“Good morning mommy and daddy,” I remember the doctor saying. “So, are we fussy? Crying? What’s going on?” “He’s lost weight. I don’t think he’s getting enough breast milk,” I said. I was sure of myself – definitive. Not like when I go to the doctor about an issue I’m...
Growing up in the Soviet era, in a family of space engineers, meant imagination was part of my everyday life, though not always in the way people might expect.
When I was 38, I had a sneeze that changed my life.
Where to catch a glimpse of the lords, ladies and daily life of Edo Era Japan The reign of samurai lords who spent money with legendary abandon in the Yoshiwara pleasure quarter came to an end in 1868, but it’s still possible to catch a glimpse of the courtesans’...
