Recent content by Patricia D

Congratulations!

A tough question, and I guess I'd send the revised version unless it is waaaay different. Congratulations on the follow-up request and good luck going forward..

Thank you - the Marketplace is a neat addition

Dangerous big kids. I won't see Mr. Salerno - he died in prison - but Vinnie, the nice guy who drove him around, became a Mafia bigwig and then a government informer. (Vincent Cafaro) He is probably still with us but hidden in the witness protection program. Vinnie's wife, Terry, was my only...

Congratulations!

Im dying (not literally) to see this movie. For almost a year, way back in the day, my husband, our twin toddlers, and I lived in the middle house of a three house slum in Dobbs Ferry, NY. It was a duplex. Richie Salerno lived downstairs and "managed" the property, which his Uncle Tony owned...

Bottom line is communicating, and screwing up grammar and punctuation can lead to miscommunication.

Autocorrect may be behind this one

As I rewrite, I look for opportunities to up the tension, usually by introducing introduce side conflicts amongst the characters, little missteps and disagreements that can make the larger conflict - whatever that may be - more intense. That adds words. Looking for things that might be...

I've begun reading Robert Graves retelling of the Greek Myths, which as you all probably know but I didn't, argues the myths are in fact metaphoric history. The Gods'and demi-gods' magical powers are attributable to magic mushrooms, and the stories embroidered and exaggerated with retelling...

Raging fires in Sonoma and LA, homeless people sleeping on sidewalks and in parks, politics that we won't discuss--the world feels dystopian. The feeling that I should do something--what I don't know--makes it hard to concentrate on writing.

Thank you, Carol. You are generous with your time and wisdom.

thank you. It's nice to be back