After writing 10,042 drafts to continue the tale of Michael and Shelly, your questions will be answered in BLUE VALENTINES and THE LANGUAGE OF THE SON. The manuscripts are finished, and I will soon self-publish them. That's not my first choice, but the reality is BREAKFAST WITH NERUDA, while receiving positive critical and reader reviews, sales on it are stalled. It's a crowded market, and unless I'm embroiled in a scandal to gain notoriety and fame,where the novel would fly

Once a week my writing buddies and I meet at a coffee shop and ignore each other, yet the time spent seated across the table from one another, separated by laptops and headphones, is quite productive. Today we varied the routine by engaging in conversation for an hour before sinking inside our private worlds. Laurie and I recently read an excerpt from Valerie’s Middle grade novel-in-progress and we both offered advice. Note: I am intentionally vague in describing Valerie’s pr