Hello friends of Dora and Charlie! I had a brilliant idea, one I should have thought of in April. The idea is this: Post the letters on the date of…

THE LETTERS TO CHARLIE DELAY April and May went by in a novel-editing blur thanks to a fantastic conversation with an editor from a major publishing house, facilitated by my…

Hello again! Sorry for the delay. Life got in the way and pushed my Letters to Charlie series to the side. Six months into our vagabond life, we’re getting a touch of…

My critique partner Elizabeth Montrose perfectly summed up the first Letter to Charlie from Dora in a Tweet: Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to…

Hello again! The latest draft of my novel has gone through beta readers, and is back in the hands of my agent. Finally! Editing always takes longer than planned. With…

Happy New Year! There’s an idiom I’m sure you’re familiar with: “Out with the old, in with the new.” I disagree with the philosophy of trading the old for the…