In a mere 15 minutes things went from a normal drive home to near chaos. Not much fun when commuting, but absolutely critical when writing. Creating conflict – putting your characters in peril or moral dilemmas or perhaps threatening their relationships – is key to keeping pages turning. Miss Livingstone’s story has been entertaining to me…
Month: February 2017
Always…
I stand in the valley where I live, in the company of this great mountain, and gasp and sigh. Every day is extraordinary!
Tasty Tunes & All That Jazz
Emmet Cohen Trio’s stop in Snoqualmie Valley (North Bend) last week was a real treat. They brought some 1919 ragtime jazz in with modern phrasing and complex innovation. (Perhaps like Miss Livingstone showed up from 1910 Snoqualmie and walked into Piccola Cellars to sit at my table and jive with me that night!) Add to that, playful humor and…
Artful Journeys
The best tours are tours of the arts. The Sketchbook Project and its various cross-country tours brought adventures in creativity followed by whimsical and wonderful connections. Some friends and I started SnoBoot SketchCats to create together and to share some of our favorite Sketchbook finds when the tours came to and near our ‘neck of…
I’ve Got a Brand New Pair of Rollerskates
Well, alright, so they were brand new around 1905 or so. My character Miss Livingstone undoubtedly would have tried these if she could get her hands…or feet…on some. First thing I wondered is, ‘Where the heck are the brakes?” But I would have tried them too. Researching characters is such fun. You never know what…
Miss LiV Adventures ~A Journey Through Time...and Time Again 