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I must have been born to travel, because I've been at it since conception. The only states where I haven't left
my footprints are Alaska and Maine. Europe, the Middle East and North Africa left impressions upon my mind by the time
I was eleven years old. Then as an adult I began to explore Latin America. Mexico and Costa Rica have been my
home more than once, so I set about learning to speak Spanish like a native, which is easier conceived than realized.
I once told a joke in Spanish and so thoroughly disgusted a group of old ladies, that I had to do considerable verbal scrambling
to get back into their good graces. So, no, I have not yet mastered Spanish as a second language, but I keep trying.
At any rate, whatever I experience filters through my active imagination, and a story emerges. It starts as a small
seed, pops its head up and encounters plenty of BS, that nurtures it into a full-blown, all-out lie, which is, after
all, the heart and soul of good story-telling. Characters come alive in my head, like friends and enemies. They
take charge of telling their own story, in their own way. I once had two characters who were scheduled, in my mind,
to make love for the first time on a beach. Well, they couldn't and didn't wait. Honestly, sometimes I feel so
humbled by my characters, like they don't need me at all. I just record what they decide to do.
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Favorite Things
Full moons, tropical beaches, comical situations, animals, people, planes-
trains- and- llamas, vibrant colors, beautiful music, cool breezes
Favorite Places
San Francisco, Buenos Aires, Istanbul, Honolulu, Seattle, Quito, Santiago de Chile, Cairo, Rome, Athens, Yosemite National
Park, Canyonlands, Bryce Canyon
I love Latin American literature, with its rich cultural references and journeys of pure fantasy, which intertwine in
a delightful tapestry of illusion.
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