We are taught that humans have basic physical needs in order to sustain life: air, water, food, shelter, and warmth. It has been my experience that there are also basic emotional needs that are necessary in order to sustain a healthy relationship. As an author when I am developing characters for my novels, relationships have to be explored, developed, and, in some cases, sustained. The … Continue reading Basic Needs
Build me a castle with walls so deep, Then I won’t have to hear all the anger. Build it on a high mountain so steep, Then I won’t have to see all the suffering. Surround it with a great moat so wide, Then I won’t have to feel so much fear. Arm it with strong mighty guards inside, Then I won’t have to feel so … Continue reading Castle
Imagine going back in time, one hundred years, from 2012 to 1912, and then living through the years in-between, knowing what will occur. A young man will have to leave behind, his parents, brothers, friends, and the life he knew in 2012 in order to find the woman he is destined to live his life with in 1912. When an old man tells him that … Continue reading The Bayman’s Daughter by Theresa Dodaro
Her name was Regina and she was the first woman whose story inspired me to write The Porcelain Doll. She once worked in the main office of my children’s elementary school. Every year, on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, she volunteered at The Edwards’ Homestead in Sayville for their Christmas open house. Regina would tell visitors about her childhood in Germany. Surrounded by spinning advent pyramids … Continue reading The Women Behind The Porcelain Doll: My Inspiration
Being a writer is one of the greatest challenges I have ever faced. Although writing has become as essential to me as breathing, it has also become a formidable mountain to climb. On one hand, there are my wonderful readers. Thank God for them! They truly make all the hours, days, months, and years of writing worthwhile. But on the other hand, there has become … Continue reading Becoming Better
The Tin Box Secret is about to come out in an audible version on Amazon, Audible, and iTunes! This is a big (huge) investment in my trilogy. As an Indie-Author, everything is up to me. I am the author, I hire an editor, I pay for the production of the book, it’s all on me. Now I am taking this next step to put the … Continue reading So Excited!!!!
You know those mornings when you wake up feeling tired? Whether if it’s because you didn’t sleep well or because you are just catching up on lack of sleep, but haven’t quite caught up yet? Then, finally, one morning you awake and you can feel the energy pulsing through your body! You feel the electricity as it makes its way to your fingertips and you … Continue reading Energy
My First Writer’s Digest Conference #WDC17 I wanted to share with you some things that I learned about myself after attending my first, ever, Writer’s Conference. 1. I am a “pantser,” no not a German tank, I suppose I “fly by the seat of my pants.” I am the type of writer who writes without a plan. Those other more organized writers are known as … Continue reading My First Writer’s Digest Conference #WDC17
Have you ever walked down a road early in the morning when the fog from the night before is just lifting? You can see clearly behind you and even for a the few feet ahead of you. But beyond that, is shrouded in fog. You can make out some shapes ahead of you, but the shapes aren’t defined. That’s what it’s like for me when … Continue reading First Draft
As he walked back through the doctor’s waiting room, he smiled at the patients who were about to be seen. Each of them silently wondered why the others were there and sat slightly apart. They remembered seeing the old man shuffle painfully into the doctor’s office just an hour ago. But now he was smiling at them and the fear they had seen on his … Continue reading Scones & A Kiss
