• Where in the World is Marcie Writing? The Library

      I have this novel that’s been pretty much done for several months. But the climax of the story was just terrible. I knew it would require some major rewriting and some rewriting of early parts to make it all come together. But I needed some big chunks of…

  • Artist’s Date: Research Trip

    I went on a hunt for a tree. With my kids. My daughter brought a sketchbook and a field guide to trees. My son brought four plastic screwdrivers.   My WIP has a Hawthorn tree that’s important in the story, and a friend brought me a Hawthorn branch last…