Quote-Happiness is a warm puppy-Charles Schulz.

This is Joey. See how peacefully he sleeps-he’s not always like this. But I love him and to prove it, he has a definite role in my book Waterlogged and the up coming sequel Bridge Tender. Some new pets find their way into the pages of the new book too-Mildred and Nicky. They’re just as loyal and loving as Joey. Animals are always so much easier to write about than people-no twists and turns-they don’t lie, or say mean things or try to poison, drown or stab you-like some of the characters in the above mentioned books. Well, we have lots of work ahead of us if we want the next book out by June so I guess I’ll have to wake him. Ta Ta.

Beyond words…of course a better camera could have said it better.

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills
When all at once I saw a crowd
A host of golden daffodils
                         William Wordsworth

My favorite flower-the daffodil. A harbinger of spring, of light, of hope, of joy. Who doesn’t smile when they see this jocund perennial.

Isn’t jocund a cool word?!

Quote-I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by-Douglas Adams.

There’s something to be said for the freedom creativity allows.

QUOTE-Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it-John Steinbeck.

I find this quote so appropriate for one of the characters in my upcoming book, BRIDGE TENDER. But then, John Steinbeck is my favorite author of all time and his influence on me seems to have no end.

Hank, the character I mention, first appears in Waterlogged, (a mystery novel I wrote last summer) and finds his way into Bridge Tender (the book I’m working on now), WELL, he is on some kind of journey, let me tell you! Even though he is the bad guy (and I mean bad) I find myself sympathizing with his plight. Does that mean I’m bad too? Well, yes you dummy- you created him. (the little voices said in her head) AHHH! Maybe Hank is screwing with me too.

Oh well, Hank does that sort of thing. And as we all know, characters have a life of their own, an author merely writes it down.

Carol Ann Ross: Trill of the Red-Wing Blackbird video: Trill of the Red-Wing Blackbird video

Which spaceship’s lights are shining through the clouds?

Trill of the Red-Wing Blackbird video

Copy of The Days of Hairawn Muhly