I write my stories chapter by chapter, without a detailed outline. I know what I want the story to be about. I like the spontaneous development of the action and the plot instead of a carefully scripted outline in advance. Anne Lamott writes about this in her book, Bird by Bird. Ms. Lamott writes with great humor. I recommend Bird by Bird for aspiring writers. Including humor into a novel, which has serious intent, makes the story believable. My friends use the phrase, “you c

Many of the scenes in my stories originate from the images stored in my mind by my photography, drawings, paintings, and images I see on 500px and Pinterest. I call most of these images, Found Objects. I store them in various files that I am not often successful in recovering. The act of not easily finding them creates a longing and propels me to find substitutes. The result of looking for a substitute, was the creation of the Prologue for the Chronicle series “The Search for