You know the nightmare you had when you were a kid where you show up for school and realize you didn’t study for a test? And you’re in your PJs. And everyone is staring at you. That happened to me, for real. On camera. In a foreign language. Minus the PJ’s. My first novel Garden of Lies had just … [Read more...] about My Worst Nightmare Live on Camera!
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“Danger, Will Robinson!” The Day I Got Lost in Cyberspace
I stared at the email in disbelief. “I’m out of the country with limited Internet access until June.” This from my website manager in reply to my cry for help after I discovered fatal errors on my website. I panicked. Then I got angry. What kind of Web manager goes hiking in the Himalayas (or so I … [Read more...] about “Danger, Will Robinson!” The Day I Got Lost in Cyberspace
“Gimme my money!” The day I staged a sit-in at my publisher’s to get paid
There it was, nestled among the bulky, self-addressed envelopes in my mailbox that held the daily slew of rejected manuscripts: a slim white envelope with an acceptance letter. I’d sold my first novel! For the princely sum of $1,200. No matter that the advance was small and the publisher had been … [Read more...] about “Gimme my money!” The day I staged a sit-in at my publisher’s to get paid
“Next Time, Don’t Throw Cake:” My Cinderella in the Big City Story
I was a poor, single mom of two young kids newly arrived in New York with a typewriter and a dream. I knew no one except my agent. When he invited me to a dinner party at his wealthy friend’s apartment on the Upper East Side, it was as if a fairy godmother had waved her magic wand over me. But what … [Read more...] about “Next Time, Don’t Throw Cake:” My Cinderella in the Big City Story
