Many thanks to fellow Champagne author Ceci Giltenan for inviting me to contribute to her series of stories about courage, as she gets ready to launch her new book Highland Courage. She let me noodle around a little with the ways in which the main characters in An Alien's Guide "Try, Anyway." Here's an excerpt: That’s … Continue reading Try, Anyway
You, Jane enters production
Quietly, toward the end of last week, word came that the manuscript for You, Jane survived editing and has "entered production." I will touch it one more time before the e-book is published in June, when I get to review the galley for final proofing. Soon I'll see the cover art, too, which makes for … Continue reading You, Jane enters production
The importance of sport, or, it’s only a game
Regular readers, friends, and family know I am not much of a football fan. My game is baseball. I adore watching all levels, from community kids playing Babe Ruth to serious young women throwing heat (underhand!) in college softball to the terrific Apple Sox of the college league to the majors. As I write this, … Continue reading The importance of sport, or, it’s only a game
Rise: Hannah Lokos on Fictional Lessons for Life
For the latest Fictional Lesson for an All Too Real Life, Hannah Lokos joins me. Hannah is a sleep-deprived biology major college student who became a published author at age 19. Her novel, Labyrinth of Lies, is chock full of adventure, romance, and unexpected twists, and is available for purchase on Amazon. When Liz graciously offered to … Continue reading Rise: Hannah Lokos on Fictional Lessons for Life
Writing solitude
My contribution to the Writers' Vineyard this month: musing on the dance between solitude and company, and ways we need to make room for both. Sometimes it seems the writing life is one of solitude. While there are times (notably during write-ins for NaNoWriMo) when I can pound away at the keyboard surrounded by people, … Continue reading Writing solitude
Or do it anyway.
In honor of our annual celebration of MLK Jr's contributions, I read through some of his more famous quotes. This one spoke to me today. “Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict … Continue reading Or do it anyway.
Lucky 13 Stories: Julie Eberhart Painter
This month's story of luck and how it steers us (even when we try to ignore it) comes from the delightful, lovely, and talented author Julie Eberhart Painter. Julie is the Champagne Books author of Mortal Coil, Tangled Web, and the 2011 Book of the Year, Kill Fee. The sequel, Medium Rare, was released in 2012. Julie's Tahitian side … Continue reading Lucky 13 Stories: Julie Eberhart Painter
Just a thought for 2014
Here's a thought (not a resolution, a promise, a claim, a stand, or any such grand thing - just a thought) as we find ourselves already launched into 2014. Make room for the things and activities and people you love.
When you find yourself in an alternative universe: Fictional Lesson #4
Do you ever get the feeling that you fell asleep in one universe, and woke up in another? I did, while out walking in our unseasonably warm weather, on this last afternoon of 2013. In the last two years, I've changed nearly everything in my life: work, vocation, where I live, who I live with. … Continue reading When you find yourself in an alternative universe: Fictional Lesson #4
Last minute lessons, on the Writers’ Vineyard
For my end of year post on the Writers' Vineyard, I tossed together a few lessons from 2013, the year I became a published author. Written at the last minute, of course. Here is lesson number one: Authorship means negotiating a series of paradoxes. Writing is solitary and communal, it is art and business, it … Continue reading Last minute lessons, on the Writers’ Vineyard
Elizabeth Fountain, Author 