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I can see clearly now
After seven months in a traveling and writing haze, I can see the goal. 50 chapters, over 500 pages, and a new travel book for women. Hip hip hurray! Only two more chapters to write and I will have a completed manuscript that will be on my editor’s desk at Penguin Books on March 1….
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Merci Apple
2 hard drives, 3 logic boards, endless telephone calls, 11 chapters, 3 Mac geniuses, and 1 corporate executive liaison and I have a brand spanking new PowerBook G4. Thank you God! Now I can get back to what I do – write! I have uploaded my Microsoft Office, my word files, and some of my…
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Becoming a published author
A question I frequently get asked is,“What it is like writing a book that you know will be on bookstands next year?” Honestly, I can’t think that far in advance right now. I have around 45 days until my manuscript is due at Penguin Books in New York and my piece of crap Apple PowerBook G4…
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Off to the Ranch
I’ve forgot how to breathe. Since my time in beautiful, but smoky Europe, I’ve been taking shallow, useless inhalations. In the beginning, it was because I didn’t want to inhale more smoke than necessary to keep my pulse going. Now, I think it’s because every time I use my Apple computer, I wait in anticipation…
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Review: Red Mountain Spa, Utah
by Sharon Spence I dream of hiking on the moon. Until I get there though, scrambling among gorgeous red and gold sandstone cliffs will do quite nicely. As a guest at Red Mountain Spa, I’m one of twenty hikers enjoying this challenging morning workout in nearby Snow Canyon State Park. “Utah is a geological fantasyland,”…
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Culture: Seville, Spain: Going Tapas
(Recipes included) by Suzanne Dunning It was a sizzling summer afternoon in Seville, Spain. The temperature was well over a hundred, and my backpack felt like it had melted my shirt and adhered to my skin. My feet had turned a dusty gray from hours of walking on dusty, cobbled roads. Wafts of cool air…
