Category Archives: Books and reading
I Agree to Write Elena’s Memoir, Elena Vanishing
Folklore and Psychology
Line-edit Stage of The House of Dead Maids
My memoir, Hope and Other Luxuries, tells about my attempts to cope with my daughter Elena’s anorexia nervosa. But it also tells the story of my creative life from the beginning of my writing career. I’ve decided to share those …
Fiction Writing As Dissociation
The Birth of THE HOUSE OF DEAD MAIDS
Finding a Publisher
Writing My First Novel
In the News
Last week, Elena and I worked up an 800-word article together. There’s nothing new about that: lately, we’ve been so busy fulfilling interview, blog, or article requests that I’ve had no time to update our websites. And there’s nothing new …
A Question of Light
Last week, I had my photograph taken–for the very first time. Now, it’s true that other photographs of me exist. Not many, I’ll admit, because I don’t pose willingly. Perhaps that’s because my career as a photography model didn’t get …
The Times Magazine will be serializing ELENA VANISHING and HOPE AND OTHER LUXURIES next month, so last week, they flew a photographer out to Frankfurt to photograph me. What an honor! The Times is a venerable institution. It has had …