by Mary | Sep 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
Jewish life is full of traditions, and this will be one of mine. A year has gone by since the passing of my brother Richard’s fiancee, Jeanne Valentino. Rich wants me to re-post this blog and we both ask you to read it again.
by Mary | Aug 28, 2013 | EPITAPH, What I'm working on now., Writer Tech
It’s not the book. It’s me. I am completely fed up with every single word I’ve written. I am convinced that there is not a single interesting fact or phrase in the entire manuscript. I am bored numb by every character except for the two who appear at...
by Mary | Jul 28, 2013 | Children of God, DOC, EPITAPH, THE SPARROW, What I'm working on now., Writer Tech
As I type this, I’m printing out the complete first draft of Epitaph. Getting all the way to the end of the story was an excuse for a low-key celebration on Friday evening: a margarita and dinner at Applebee’s, not the champagne and four-star restaurant...
by Mary | Jul 17, 2013 | EPITAPH, What I'm working on now., Writer Tech
If you have access to Ancestry.com or enjoy digging around in census records, etc., I could use more information about John H. Flood, Jr. Mr. Flood served as private secretary to Wyatt and Josie Earp in Los Angeles between 1911 and 1944. During those years, he became...
by Mary | Jul 12, 2013 | EPITAPH, What I'm working on now., Writer Tech
Well, here I am, writing a blog post when I’m one chapter away from completing the first draft of Epitaph. Why? Because I woke up at 5 AM with an urgent desire to read a biography of William S. Hart. Bill Hart was the silent film-era Western star who befriended...
by Mary | Jun 28, 2013 | EPITAPH, Writer Tech
With three days left, I won’t make my self-imposed deadline of finishing the first draft of Epitaph by the end of June, but I’m pretty close. Maybe a chapter and a half to go, depending on the decisions I make today. What I’m mulling over this...
by Mary | Jun 21, 2013 | DOC, DOC on HBO, THE SPARROW, The Sparrow movie, THE SPARROW on AMC
Two Hollywood attempts to bring The Sparrow to the big screen have made me feel a certain kinship with Max Brooks. Both of us have written science fiction novels that were optioned for a Brad Pitt movie, so watching what’s happened to Mr. Brooks’ book...
by Mary | Jun 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
Reader Sherri Byrand got in touch to ask how I’m doing with the diet and exercise since posting How Shallow Am I? back in March. Well, folks, this afternoon I am wearing jeans I bought five years ago, and my thanks for this go to Paula Roberts. Her Facebook...
by Mary | May 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
If there were any justice in the universe, Karen Joy Fowler would be as rich and famous as people who write tedious pornography or tell stories about boy wizards. Her sales figures do not reach the bazillion mark, but you may know her from The Jane Austen Book Club,...
by Mary | May 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
Want to lose a pound overnight? Just sit all day around, crying and not eating, because you’re sure you’re going to have to put your dog down. Worked for me, although the loss is undoubtedly water weight, given all the weeping. Our dachshund Annie is...
