A Thought!


So, I'm so bad at this that I wrote a lengthy new post trying to bring anyone up to date who happens to stumble upon this blog by accident. I'm only half kidding. It was chatty and filled with wry wisdom and observations made on the fly (whatever that means) and somehow I lost it! And along with losing that post, I lost my energy to post anything then or for the next few days. But here's the thing: my friends tell me I have to promote myself. If I want anyone to read my books - two now and the third before Christmas, I'm hoping, I have to let people "out there" know I'm here and that I've written a couple of stories that might, just might, speak to some "contemporary woman" or maybe even a man. I'm having a crisis of confidence right now and honestly don't think I have any skill at all for this, but I'm forced to carry on because I want to tell stories! It's not for nothing that I've lived all these years loving to watch and absorb and then to think about what I've seen and heard and want to make sense of it. I've read so many good books! I've read some that I just couldn't finish because they were not engaging - at least for me - and I don't think either of mine fall into that category, but I can't be sure.

So, here's the thing: if you are a new writer and are willing to give me some feedback, I'd love to hear from you. And if you want me to read what you've written, I'll be happy to do so. I think manuscript swapping is the way to go, as long as the writer's ego isn't dangerously frail. If so, maybe that's not the way to go.