Behind the scenes in House Key
What We See When We Read by Peter Mendelsund My rating: 4 of 5 stars The cover caught my eye first while I was browsing in the bookstore. Not surprisingly, I later learned that the author, Peter Mendelsund, is an … Continued
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari My rating: 5 of 5 stars Homo Deus is an engaging and well-written book that explores the rise and perhaps imminent fall of humans (by our own collective design) … Continued
The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism by Edward E. Baptist My rating: 5 of 5 stars The “Half Has Never Been Told” is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the complicated … Continued
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis by Timothy Egan My rating: 5 of 5 stars “Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher”, the biography of Edward Sherriff Curtis, one of America’s most … Continued
The Origin of Others by Toni Morrison My rating: 5 of 5 stars Timely and relevant, “The Origin of Others” examines the ways in which literature reflects color-coded attitudes in obvious and sometimes oblique ways. It explores the subtle messages … Continued
National Geographic just published new findings in an article called, “This Neanderthal Child Grew Up Just Like Us” that greatly inform what we know about growth patterns and lives of Neanderthals living over 49,000 years ago. The article that inspired … Continued
So the reason for the radio-silence lately is that I’ve actually been working on an audio project for the last few weeks. I’m creating a voice-over version for House Key, or what my husband jokingly calls “a new science project.” … Continued
Today, as the hunt season comes to a close, a reader shared this beautiful photo along with an excerpt from “House Key”: “The thrill of it, the rush of crisp morning air filling the lungs in a heart-pounding gallop across … Continued
A former boss and mentor once said that my desire for perfection stood in the way of actually getting things done. His words stung. The truth didn’t hurt as much as the fact that it came from someone I highly … Continued
Another big take-away from Hemingway on Writing, edited by Larry W. Phillips — along with making characters real — is knowing Country. Living and writing in Africa and Spain allowed Hemingway to write compelling novels in those settings. Hemingway advocates that you … Continued
