“Matlock has a gift for telling what she calls ‘the secret lives of ordinary people.’”
~Detroit Free Press
Latest Posts
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Coming Soon: The Loves of Ruby Dee
I am thrilled to announce The Loves of Ruby Dee will go on sale November 25 in eBook at all major online bookstores. For those of you who prefer the paper print version (as I do), The Loves of Ruby Dee is now being prepared for print and should be available before the end of…
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Endless Opportunities to Start Over
Don’t you love that phrase: “Endless opportunities to start over.” I stare at it, read it again. I got those words from a post by fellow blogger and artist, PS MacMurray, who writes of this true fact in her recent post Gone Fishing. She says, “All it takes is a new choice and a fresh…
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Gleanings: Gable, Cameron, and Kafka
Montgomery Clift asked Clark Gable how he would approach his role in the Misfits. Gable replied: “I bring to it everything I have been, everything I am, and everything I hope to be.” That is what we do when we write, or when we create anything. We bring all that we are in the moment…
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Harvey, the Best Jimmy Stewart Movie Ever
I’ve done a post of the movie Harvey before, but here I am again. I’m a classic movie fan, and a small collector of vintage movie posters and lobby cards. In my inbox today was the newsletter from Conway’s Vintage Treasures, featuring a rare jewel: a full vintage movie poster for the 1950 film Harvey,…
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Ways to Break Procrastination
Came across this helpful article in the Atlantic on dealing with procrastination. I saw myself in the term ‘pathologocal procrastinator.’ The Procrastination Doom Loop and How to Break It: Delaying hard work is all about your mood. Read More: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/08/the-procrastination-loop-and-how-to-break-it/379142/
“Matlock writes about generous people striving to live and love well. She does it beautifully.
~ Contra Costa Times
Curtiss Ann Matlock 