Hello,

I haven't posted for a while, but that's because I've been busy retiring from 38 years of teaching writing--retirement today is a long, tedious process of learning about investments, insurance, taxes, etc. But I retired to write full time, so it's very exciting for me.

I've completed my second novel, Coming to Be, and hope to see it published by the end of this year. I also spent the last two weeks in Natchez, Mississippi, doing research for my next novel, which will be set in the late 18th and early 19th Centuries--a real stretch for me!

I've  begun, with my colleague Phil Sterling, a series of writers' workshops. Our first one on characterization was very successful--we're doing a second workshop in September on point of view. I'll post a flyer for the workshop once I figure out how to sign up for PayPal.

Thanks to everyone who has supported One Amber Bead. 

Rebecca