Lisa Melts Her Pen: A Blog
Dog Blog #4: The Dog and the Cat Come Back
…to continue their conversation. Note from Audrey and Lisa: During the pandemic, Audrey’s cat, Joshua, accepted the challenge posed by Lisa’s dog, Ruby, and responded. Now in a very different phase of life, dog and cat return for a final conversation here and on Audrey’s blog. Ruby to Joshua Joshua, Joshua, Joshua. I just remembered our earlier correspondence. It…
Summer Reads & Muses
Summers I like to read off-genre: mysteries, thrillers, fantasy, young adult, beach reads, etc. This year I delved into “rom-coms.” Like their movie counterparts, rom-com books employ all the familiar tropes: romantic misunderstandings, competitions, interruptions at key moments, impossible relationships, simmering sexual charge, and of course the knowledge on the part of the reader that…
Two Lauren’s
Over the past year I’ve had the good fortune to meet two wonderful authors who also happened to be super-cool, nice people in person, whose books I inexplicably had not yet read. Two Lauren G.’s whose novels you might find shelved side by side in your favorite bookstore. The first was three-time National Book Award…
Piano Lessons, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, and Biking
When I was eight years old, I set up a little card table on the front lawn to sell my drawings to the neighbors. I wanted to raise money to buy myself a piano. My grandmother played jaunty old-fashioned tunes on her piano, and I was fascinated with how her fingers flew over the keys.…
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