What Fresh Blessing is This?
“What fresh hell blessing is this? “
Picture me sitting at my kitchen table at four-freaking-thirty in the morning. It's dark outside and below freezing. I've got one dog in a cone of shame (oh, all right, we switched the cone out for an inflatable doughnut thing, but still!) and another one that wants to play 24-7. They can't, of course, be allowed to play with each other, because the reason for the doughnut-of-shame is a laceration and stitches that need to heal.
Improbably Yours on the Desideratum Podcast with Theresa Bakken
Desideratum is one of my favorite podcasts for several reasons! First off, host Theresa Bakken is such a thoughtful and insightful reader and interviewer — during our conversation she made me understand things about Improbably Yours that hadn’t been clear to me before even though I’m the one who wrote the book!
Talking Improbably Yours with Maddie Dawson - treasure hunts, Vikings, ravens, grandmothers & more
It’s no secret that I adore Maddie Dawson’s books — and if you haven’t read them, I suggest you rectify that immediately. We met through each other’s books, actually — we’d read each other’s work, and we knew before we ever met that we were going to be friends. Then we finally met once in person and the deal was sealed. Even though we live on opposite sides of the country, we talk regularly and read early drafts for each other.
Fun chatting up Improbably Yours on The Storytellers with Grace Sammon
I had the pleasure of sitting down for an interview with Grace Sammon, host of the Storytellers Vodcast on the Authors on the Air Radio Network. We talked about my upcoming release, Improbably Yours and other things, and I enjoyed myself immensely! If you’d like to listen in, I’ve included links to both audio and video formats.
Aging Well: happiness is the magic elixir
I had the fabulous opportunity to sit down with Patricia Greenberg for a chat about aging —not only gracefully, but joyously. We also talked about mindset, ways to calm anxiety, and focus on being your best and happiest self.
Watching this interview after the fact, I was struck by my own journey from an insecure and anxious young person who walked around believing she was horribly flawed and socially awkward, to a confident “older” woman who just really doesn’t have time for people who don’t like or approve of her.
Fit the crappy stuff in the cracks and make room for joy
I recently received an email with the subject: “make room for joys” and it included this line:
“Instead of fitting fun in the cracks (which often means it doesn't happen), let joy get top billing. Fit the crappy stuff in the cracks.” ~ Jeannette Maw
What a concept!!!
Improbably Yours and friends -- a (very partial) list of atmospheric novels set on fictional Islands
Confession: Vinland Island isn’t real.
Yep. The island where most of Improbably Yours takes place only exists in my imagination — and in the pages of the book, of course! Mind you, the Viking and I took a very serious research trip to explore the San Juan Islands, (where I just sort of plunked Vinland down into an available space) so we could get the atmospheric details right.