“Matlock has a gift for telling what she calls ‘the secret lives of ordinary people.’”
~Detroit Free Press
Latest Posts
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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day–and so do I
I’ve just finished a thoroughly enjoyable read–Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, by Winifred Watson. Doesn’t the whole thing just roll off your tongue? With such a title and author name, how could I resist the book? Anyway, as I’ve already said, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day turned out to be a great read.…
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Garden Bloggers Bloom Day
I awoke this morning to lovely mist in the adjacent pasture, and a thin, turquoise sky threaded with fluffy clouds. We are warming. I say ‘at last’, and know those of you in the northern regions laugh. Along the Gulf Coast, Spring starts a month earlier than the calendar date–February 20– so says the Mobile…
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Synopsis in Process
I’m sure there must be writers who enjoy writing synopses, but I have never met one. When the subject of synopsis comes up, usually there is an accompanying groan. Still, most of us have learned the value of some sort of synopsis or outline. My process is this: having now written, and rewritten quite a…
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What We Do Matters
My dear friend and fellow writer, Dee, recently commented, “What we do matters.” How often we forget that. At least I do, and I do not think I am so unusual. I often wondered how many wonderful dreams and ideas are stolen by that one thought: “Oh, what does it matter?” What we’re really saying…
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Memoir of a Highlighted Life
I know ebooks are coming on like gangbusters, the total wave of the future, but how in the world will we be able to highlight important words and thoughts? Yes, I can highlight on my iPad, but using my finger and the result on the text is far from satisfying. I want a good, old-fashioned…
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Write Anyway
Some days everything seems a mess. You awaken at 4 a.m. and can’t go back to sleep. Excited to write in the peace, but your mind can’t settle on the main writing project. It can’t settle anywhere. You write anyway. You discover that some writing on the novel that you know you saved a month…
“Matlock writes about generous people striving to live and love well. She does it beautifully.
~ Contra Costa Times
Curtiss Ann Matlock 