Dog eared: “Why were we given something as amazing as imagination if we’re not going to use it? Write what you know? As soon as you start writing, you realize you don’t know what you thought you knew.

On Facebook, a feature allows a person to Poke a friend. I’m not entirely sure what that means, other than it lets the person know that they’re thought of, and there isn’t anything new to say.

This was going to be a blog post about the great variety of projects I have on my plate right now: Agenting: pitching a novel to publishers.

Every once in a while I read something that rocks me. Really takes me somewhere, you know? And today I read something, not yet released, that did this to me. And I’ve sworn to keep it to myself!

“And it is here that Adah makes the decision that seems to me impressive and important for all artists with children. She reasons that since her children will someday be adults, she will fulfill the ambition of her life not only for herself, but also for them.