Writing lessons and the writing life
I should have taken a before picture, because he was pretty slathered with mud, but I got most of it off of him. Then I let him graze for a while on the new grass and he was completely content to do so.
He made friends with Ben, who gave him a peppermint, which Frisbee really [...]
When you image Google “Kate Mossland,” these are the results:
Google Image results
One page at a time, I will make this happen!
On another topic: I wanted to remind you that you can express your support for Gordath Wood and Red Gold Bridge on Facebook by becoming a fan. The discreet little button in the left sidebar [...]
Since we’re expecting a cold front and rain this weekend I went out to ride Frisbee Wednesday night. I wanted to at least get a little work on him, since he’s been ridden so lightly these past weeks. I rode the previous Sunday and he was very spooky because of the high winds and was [...]
Remember this?
“It is a comforting belief among much of society, that a plain girl with a small fortune must have no more interest in matrimony than matrimony has in her.”
That is the opening of my novel, The Unexpected Miss Bennet. You can read the first chapter on my Amazon page (scroll down after the GWIII [...]
This is where I’ll be so far this year. I will update my schedules as soon as I get the final programming info. I usually have a reading and book signing as well as panels, and I love to talk to people who have read Gordath Wood or Red Gold Bridge or my short stories, [...]
Caitlin Flanagan made me shake my head with her latest Atlantic article, but it took Slate to cause me write a letter to the author and blog about it.
Here’s the article:
My son rebels over his birthday party.
My husband, Paul, and I started the book swap when Eli was 3. He recently turned 10, and Simon [...]
Remember how I’ve always said, you should read the best so that you have something to aspire to?
I just started The Kite Runner. Yes, I’m coming late to the party, I know that. But I think I also knew that it would blow me away and make me feel very small and a writer of [...]
Hate is too great a burden to bear.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
My friend reminded me of this quote and it got me thinking. From an evolutionary standpoint, love is useful. Love ensures that a community grows and protects its weakest members. But what purpose does hate serve?
Hate destroys societies as well as the person [...]
I won’t buy him outright, but I am going to start leasing him. This will have two benefits: I ease myself into horse ownership, and Frisbee isn’t uprooted from the farm.
I’m really looking forward to this! I will get to ride twice a week, which realistically is probably all I would be able to do [...]
One day I should scan in the rough map I’ve drawn of Aeritan. I drew it in 2005 when I was seriously deep into actual revisions of Gordath Wood, and was having trouble keeping things straight. Up in the northwest corner of the map, there’s Balancing Rock and North Salem, NY. There’s the house that [...]
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