What are your hobbies or outside interests?

by | Mar 27, 2014 | Editorial

brain I enjoy studying fashion history and going to vintage shows, and I love vintage jewelry. I love to read and I’m forever buying books. I read a great deal about the new frontiers of brain chemistry and the implications of technology thereof. I am both fascinated...

How do you choose names for your characters?

by | Mar 27, 2014 | Editorial

character It’s a very intuitive process and it can happen in one of several ways. Sometimes a character simply is who he or she is, and will tell me his or her name right away. In Mindel and the Misfit Dragons, Mindel simply appeared as Mindel. She was Mindel from the...

When did you begin writing stories and poems?

by | Mar 27, 2014 | Editorial

Month: March 2014 I began writing stories as soon as I could write. I wrote my first “book” when I was in first grade and home sick with the measles. It was fully illustrated with a pink cover and was entitled, “The Big Parade”. I still have it. I began writing poems...

When and where do you work? How many hours a day?

by | Mar 27, 2014 | Editorial

Editorial I try to spend as many hours a day at my desk and drawing board as possible; it is where I am most centered in my deepest self. I work every day except the Sabbath, and left to my own devices would spend most of my waking hours writing and drawing. But I am...

I Didn’t Know I was a Writer

by | Mar 27, 2014 | Editorial

Editorial When I was in my late 20’s, I was teaching English and Spanish in a private religious high school. I absolutely loved the work – and my students – but there had been some administrative changes in the school and I felt that I had to leave. I had several...