October 10, 2015
1. In the book’s opening paragraph, Tera says that painting her dad is “all about mood.” What mood does the author create in describing this painting? […]
May 30, 2015
People have asked me how hard it was to write about child sexual abuse in A Work of Art. It’s a touchy subject—raw and often shameful […]
May 14, 2015
My muse is an elusive thing. Sometimes it swells my chest and comes out through my fingertips, but most of the time, it stays locked in […]
April 28, 2015
A WORK OF ART is a first-person narrative, but the main character’s flashbacks are told in third person. This was a deliberate choice on my part […]
April 5, 2015
I remember studying symbolism in high school after reading a short story called “The White Heron” by Sarah Orne Jewett. The story is filled with symbolism, […]
March 22, 2015
For the teen art contest at my book-launch party, I asked teens to draw or paint one of two things: (1) A self-portrait. One of the […]
March 18, 2015
Today, I’m feeling pretty lucky. Aside from the fact that I have a wonderful family and that we’re all in reasonably good health, March 18, 2015, […]
March 14, 2015
When I last left off in Part 2, I was jumping up and down (in my head) because A Work of Art was chosen as the […]
March 10, 2015
When I last left off (click here to read Part 1), I had received my first book review for A Work of Art—a starred review from […]