"Morning here is not like any mornings Hannah Pearl has ever known." Sometimes a first sentence surprises you, and you just thank the spirits of your writing morning.  You know it's a good start, because it opens a door to a whole landscape you can start to discover.  As soon … [Read more...]

I am becoming reacquainted these days with a character I created fifteen years ago -- Hannah Pearl.  She's the central character in my novel Someone Not Really Her Mother -- in fact, she's the mother (and grandmother) who has become not really herself.  Alzheimer's is making … [Read more...]