Are you interested in psychological fiction involving boundaries in relationships between people, especially intra-family relationships? In my new novel, Boundaries: A Love Story, the subject of boundaries between people and those imposed by society is explored. This fence photograph is…
I recently strolled around north Berkeley with my friend Lois on a sunny Saturday afternoon, revisiting a neighborhood where I lived several years ago. I took photos of some of the places that became settings for a number of scenes in my debut…
Burial Rites is brilliantly written by Hannah Kent, a 27-year-old Australian author who lived in Iceland as a 17-year-old and later returned to Iceland to research the historical subject matter of the book. It’s the story of an Icelandic woman…
Check out this post on famous cousins in love throughout history. It says that currently 1 in 1,000 marriages in the US are between first cousins. Could that be accurate? What do you think? http://www.babble.com/entertainment/15-famous-kissing-cousins-throughout-history/
In Lynn Messina’s recent article in the New York Times, “Chained to the Hearth or Warmed by It?” she addresses the issue of motherhood vs. career, a question related to the hotly debated Lean In – Lean Out controversy first named…
The following is the opening scene of my new novel, Boundaries: A Love Story, to be released in Fall 2013: PART ONE PINE TREE ISLAND CAPE COD SUMMER 1980 1 Afraid she’d been forgotten, Kaia Matheson stepped onto the dock…
Bipolar disorder or manic depression is featured in current articles and in my new novel Boundaries: A Love Story, in which a major character suffers from the disorder, which was treated differently in the 1980’s, when the story takes place.
Taking into account one’s personal life and relationships, along with career aspirations, is a theme that runs through much of my fiction, including my short stories and especially my forthcoming novel, Boundaries: A Love Story.
Donald Maass in Writing 21st Century Fiction discusses transcending classifications/genres of fiction and focusing on writing compelling fiction. Kate Atkinson’s Case Histories is a good example, blending family history and a mystery. My novel, Boundaries, could be seen as a literary non-genre love story, and the novel I’m currently writing deals with a young female lawyer’s changing values and the theme of motherhood vs. career in a loose, legal thriller framework.
Stay-at-home mothers vs. mothers with full-time careers; still an ongoing controversy. Read about both sides in More magazine April 2013 issue.
