Am I fifteen in this photo? Or thirty-five?
THE PACT is now FOUR SECRETS, a much better title I think. Today I am rewriting the final chapter for a more powerful ending. It is a little like working in a secret laboratory, trying to get a magic potion just right. I am so lucky to have a perceptive editor for this project. Yesterday I bought a new computer, something I can't afford, especially right before Christmas. But everyone who has seen my dinosaur computer will be happy for me, including my children, who think my technology is laughable and they are right. Soon I will be back to work on my short story collection, about a girl growing up in the sixties in a large family. This is such an important effort for my growth as a writer, not to mention a person.