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December 20, 2019
2020 Vision
My apologies for the long silence. When last I wrote here, we had moved to the country and my husband was seriously disabled by his back injuries; he retired and we left the busy East Bay for Wine Country-quiet. I have been working on several projects in that time, namely my historical novel about the Orphan Train mama who lost her children and set about getting them back. That novel is in revisions and needs another deep dive. (Not this…
Posted in Catching Up, family, kids, Mr Husband, suicide, Uncategorized | By Julia
August 22, 2014
Where I’ve Been
Everyone says, “Oh, I’ve been so busy.” I have, too, but in a low-key way. In January of this year, my brother-in-law Dennis was diagnosed with Stage 3 lung cancer. I had just made a rigorous plan for my books, writing, and marketing for 2014, and had gathered full momentum already. But I realized that some things are more important than writing blog posts or tweeting about my writing projects. So I put most of my work aside and made…
Posted in book biz, Catching Up, gratitude, indie pub, marketing, News, novel, Poet Laureate, poetry, work, writing | By Julia
March 28, 2014
What’s new? “My Writing Process” blog tour
This week I’m writing as part of the “My Writing Process” blog tour. I’d like to thank Rebecca Lawton for inviting me to write my story as part of the blog tour. You can read more about the lovely and talented Becca Lawton at http://beccalawton.com/ and http://beccalawton.com/blog/. 1) What am I working on? Currently I am hard at work transcribing diaries from 1930. I’ve been editing and publishing Doris Bailey Murphy’s diaries for about two and a half years now; I’ve published two books about…
Posted in authors, book biz, Books, Catching Up, indie pub, NaNoWriMo, work, writing | By Julia
March 27, 2014
April is National Poetry Month
I’ll be posting a poem a day in April (30 days, you know) on Facebook, Twitter, Medium and Voqel. I’ll also be blogging about poetry on the Indie-visible page on April 7. If you’re interested in my poetry, I have a limited number of copies of Amaryllis: Collected Poems available for $12 including shipping.
Posted in Appearances | By Julia
August 18, 2013
Bright lights, big cities
Busy days. (Note to self: why is “busy” spelled this way but sounds like “bizzy”?) I know, I’m addicted to busy, but life is full and there’s always a lot to do. Indulge me, will you? April and May were full of Tongues of Angels adventures, because Indie-Visible released the novel as a 10-year anniversary edition, and I was all over the place online, in several blog-carnations. It was good. It was busy, but it was good. That firmly under way, I turned to…