by Sherry | Nov 18, 2024 | Books, Contemporary Women's Fiction, Relationships, Up There, Writing
“What I did on my summer vacation” has been replaced with “What I did during the pandemic.” Some writers couldn’t concentrate on their craft during the lockdowns, the shortages (I am still stockpiling toilet paper), and the warnings to...
by Sherry | Jan 27, 2024 | Creativity, Writing
The last cake I baked drifted out of the pan as if it were an angel descending, settled on the platter, and promptly split down the middle. The fissure was about the size of the Grand Canyon. Since it was a birthday cake and, thus, not expendable, I made repairs. It...
by Sherry | Dec 14, 2023 | Book of Mercy, Books, Contemporary Women's Fiction, Reading, Up There, Writing
We can hardly take a breath without running into stories. There are stories in newspaper, in songs on the radio, in the gossip of our friends. Museums are packed with stories. I ran into the story of the Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen and sat on her throne...
by Sherry | Nov 29, 2023 | Books, Contemporary Women's Fiction, Reading, Up There, Writing
Telling me about a presentation she gave on eagles, my 9-year-old granddaughter asked: “Did you know Benjamin Franklin thought the turkey was better than the eagle?” From the tone of her voice, that was the stupidest suggestion to come out of one of America’s founding...
by Sherry | Nov 8, 2023 | Books, Contemporary Women's Fiction, Parenting, Reading, Relationships, Up There, Writing
My work is not autobiographical, but many of my ideas sprout from my memories and experiences. I like to take a pinch of personal experience and stretch it like taffy—to make a point or to bring a scene to life. For example, in Up There, heroine Ariel Lee moves to the...
by Sherry | Oct 25, 2023 | Books, Contemporary Women's Fiction, Relationships, Up There, Writing
“Once upon a time there were trees and birds and polar bears. But that time is long gone.” This is NOT how I want to start a story for my grandchildren. That is why in my last two books—Crow Calling and Up There—I have talked about the environment. In Crow...
