by Sherry | May 19, 2014 | Book Club, Reading, Writing
I love to travel so I am a fan of settings in books. But I don’t have much patience with pages of purple prose about snowy cliffs or waxy magnolia-guarded plantations or dark Victorian mansions. I like when settings infiltrate the heart of a book. Here are a few...
by Sherry | May 2, 2014 | Book Club, Book of Mercy, Parenting, Reading
The Book Club Series is an informal chat about what we love about books, movies, and television shows. Join the discussion. I’d love to hear from you. Eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, amateur detective and ardent chemist, is the precocious star of Alan...
by Sherry | Aug 26, 2013 | Down Dog Diary, Travel, Writing
After a visit to Tulum, the Maya ruins on the coast of the Yucatan in Mexico, and hearing about the human sacrifices, I knew I had to name the heroine in my upcoming mystery, Maya Skye: I am Maya Skye. I am named for a civilization that tracked celestial bodies...
by Sherry | Feb 5, 2013 | Art, Creativity, Maud's House, Writing
Painter Anna Oneglia created the artwork for the cover of my novel of lost and found creativity, Maud’s House. I remember the first time my young daughter saw it she said, “It looks like Maud’s outside looking outside.” The story is about an...
by Sherry | Sep 9, 2012 | Business Writing, Editing, WriteTips, Writing
Call me a cock-eyed optimist, but I believe anyone can be a better writer. Maybe you are not the next Hemingway, and there’s not a classic fish tale in your future. But you can learn to write about the one that got away in a clear and understandable manner, in a...
by Sherry | May 14, 2012 | Book of Mercy, Censorship, Libraries, Parenting, Publishing Industry, Writing
When Book of Mercy was named a finalist in the Midwest Book Awards, I interviewed Antigone Brown, the main character, about her view of this momentous event. She is a mother-to-be who stands up to the book banners in her small North Carolina town, even though she...
