As part of my downsizing efforts, I have given myself strict instructions to read what I have before I purchase a new book, unless that...

As an artist as well as a writer, I sometimes opt to tell stories through collage, one of my favored media. For my novel, Gina in the...

Standard advice to novelists is to read a lot. Of course, it would be ironic to find a writer who does not like to read. It’s the “a lot”...

I am excited to introduce my new book trailer for Gina in the Floating world, produced with the help of the talented Melissa Dee. It may...

Jeanne Blasberg’s recently released second novel, The Nine (She Writes Press), is a compelling modern-day tale inspired by the biblical...

I’m not sure when I first got the idea that I wanted to create an exhibit of images that related to my novel, Gina in the Floating World....

Pack your bags. It’s summer, and it’s the longest day, when your thoughts may turn not only to where you will vacation but also to what...

This post is my third family remembrance in just over three weeks. The three members of my nuclear family all died in the springtime, and...

Today is the 19th anniversary of the death of my mother. In 2010, I wrote this post in remembrance of her in a blog I maintained for...

March 16 is the sixteenth anniversary of the death of Beth Brett, my sister, and mother to Pippa. On the eighth anniversary of her death,...

On the cold, dark days of winter, with snow and ice on the ground, I achieve my daily 10,000 Fitbit steps by jogging (slowly) in front of...

During my stay in Japan several decades ago when I was a bar hostess, I lived in a room over a club. The place had only a toilet and sink...

On this Valentine’s Day, not long before the Oscar ceremony, I was thinking about films that portray complex relationships of various...

The first draft of my novel, Gina in the Floating World, reflected my own experiences as a foreign bar hostess in a Tokyo suburb in the...

I’m always intrigued by those films that are “inspired by” or “based on” true events. As a writer who likes to use my own life as a...

The start of the new year is a good time for a reckoning. For me 2018 was all about the BOOK—the book being my novel, Gina in the...

Growing up, the one consistent holiday tradition my family maintained was listening to a recording of Dylan Thomas reading “A Child’s...

In her later years, my mother made her gift shopping a little easier by buying each family member a special book. If you know someone's...

Thanksgiving is a time when families, for better or worse, come together. This holiday prompted me to consider how important families are...

As a child, I loved maps and fantasized about that time when I could explore the world. Perhaps because I was born in another country,...