by leona | Apr 29, 2012 | Writer's Life
When I struck out to write a novel I had no idea it would take me over seven years. I say seven years because I can’t bear to tell you an exact number, plus it’s nobody’s business, so I’ll leave it at that.* Graffiti on St. Paul’s Ct & Park Ave,...
by leona | Sep 22, 2010 | Writer's Life
I guess I never really lack things to write about—only the time to get them done. Now time is a funny bugger. Even fickle I’d say. It sometimes likes me, and other times not so much. Still, I court it like a girl on a mission, a lesbian girl on a mission. Gay girls...
by leona | Sep 9, 2010 | Writer's Life
The Rockefeller Preserve has become my sanctuary. I walk and run in the woods in search of mostly exercise, but secretly I also look for inspiration. I can’t say I find it, only that after I’ve spent an hour I’ve at least burned calories. But sometimes I tell the...
by leona | Mar 26, 2009 | Writer's Life
On a first time visit to the Aquarium at the new California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, I was reminded of why it’s important that I go beyond the walls of my office to experience the outdoors, nature, fish, event the bus rides that travel off Market...