Undertow is only a month away from entering the world! As of today, my website features a special page for Undertow, my memoir. A big thank you to my website designer, Mary Ann de Stefano who has been building websites since 1999! Now, I invite you to visit the BOOK … [Read more…]
Undertow, my memoir, is coming soon! Undertow: My Escape from the Fundamentalism and Cult Control of The Way International.™ Special Offer: If you subscribe to my blog, you’ll get the announcement about when you can buy a signed copy of Undertow and get it BEFORE Christmas. There will be a PayPal button on my website in … [Read more…]
In 1991 at Rollins College—twenty-five years ago—I took a course from Dr. Lezlie Laws on writing about literature. We kept journals. We wrote assignments in those journals. We recorded private thoughts in them, too. At the time, I did not realize I was gardening. I was planting seeds for future works: for an essay titled, … [Read more…]
In 1997 I was living in the historic Hyde Park area of Tampa, Florida, that borders Hillsborough Bay. One day, while walking down Bayshore Boulevard, I came upon a sight I’ll never forget. (photo). The old Swann House, as it was called it, was gone. Evidently, while I’d been at work that … [Read more…]
What was I thinking? Write a book? With publication for Undertow fast approaching (before Christmas; I’ll let you know when you can pre-order your copy) I thought I’d start a series about what it’s been like to write it. Welcome to Part 1 of “Writing Undertow.” Bits of analogies. Let … [Read more…]