I had lunch today with Rich and Barbara Santos, friends from the San Francisco Writers Conference. Barbara co-authored the anthology, Practice Aloha, with Mark Ellman. It includes stories by Wayne Dyer, Mick Fleetwood, Gov. Neil Abercrombie, Hawaiian spiritual leaders, musicians, and lots of chefs. redroom.com/member/barbara-santos. She had several suggestions for my anthology that I hope […]
Writers Listen to their Characters
In my Tuesday writing class, we discussed how characters push writers to write their stories. Although I’ve been revising Hada’s Fog for the last six years and the fifteen-year-old in that novel nudges me to write her story, called Lilli, another voice has popped up. Her name is Jill. She’s a CPA who wants to […]