Journals. If you're a writer, you're supposed to keep one, right? Virginia Woolf did it, and so did other greats like Franz Kafka, Susan Sontag and C.S. Lewis. So yeah, okay, for a long time I felt like a total failure because I couldn't maintain one, despite my many attempts over the years. And believe... Continue Reading →
Well, here we are in a new year. I’ve learned lots of lessons in 2016, and I hope to carry them forward to make 2017 the best year yet. The best part of last year was, by far, the unprecedented response I’ve had to the release of my latest novel, The Ghosts of Tullybrae House.... Continue Reading →
This weekend I was all set to write a book review for my next blog post. I had one drafted, I’d given it a lot of thought, and then on Saturday night I found myself with a rare stretch of time and no pressing tasks or engagements. Now what, one might wonder, does Veronica do... Continue Reading →
If you read one of my more recent posts, When It’s Time to Make those Tough Decisions, you may recall that I have recently taken a hard look at what I’ve been spending my writing time doing, and had concluded that I need to cut a whole bunch of starchy, superfluous “stuff” from my plate.... Continue Reading →
Have you ever had so much on your plate, so much to do and so much you want to do, that you’re overwhelmed to the point of paralysis? I never thought that would be me, but there it is—the explanation for why I’ve practically dropped off the face of the earth … or at least... Continue Reading →
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