Kay SpencerApr 9, 20202 minThe Quiet Carrying On of Life"It was easier to see, in the afternoon slant of sun, how the extended hours of light and warmth of springtime ignited life. Pollen hung...
Kay SpencerAug 19, 20193 minNever Truly Gone - words from the north. This post is about book reviews in Maine, I promise, but as often happens I've been sidetracked by the research of a single word...
Kay SpencerJul 7, 20192 minViva Voce: THE BOOK CLUB GROUNDSWELLIt is enormously pleasing to be read and reviewed by people devoted to literature. While I navigate the business end of writing, an...
Kay SpencerDec 14, 20181 minKirkus Reviews December Edition - Best of 2018I am honored to have my debut novel, Searching for George's Garden, selected as one of only 35 Indie book reviews included in Kirkus...
Kay SpencerNov 14, 20182 minKirkus Reviews on Searching for George's Garden https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/kay-spencer/searching-for-georges-garden/ A group of disparate characters reconstruct a formal...
Kay SpencerJul 31, 20182 minA Constant State of MotionPart of the joy of writing is in the research, in what I get to learn along the way. Earlier this year I was reading about regional...
Kay SpencerJun 30, 20182 minOther people named KayI signed up as a test pilot for Google email in 2005, and thank goodness I did it then or I might not be using my real name - more on...
Kay SpencerApr 27, 20185 minHangman - my cancer treatment on an envelope.On day 21 of 21 consecutive visits to Emory’s Department of Radiation Oncology, I lay on the table for my last radiation treatment and...
Kay SpencerJun 26, 20171 minPost critical evaluation revision: 3I am on chapter 21 of the third pass of my book: the first being the whole big bloated story purged from my brain to the page. The second...
Kay SpencerJun 10, 20171 minSomething beautiful while you write...My view this morning. Chapter 16, revision two. I need fewer words, but somehow have 1000 more.
Kay SpencerMar 6, 20171 minWhat the first revision looks like...Somehow three months of family-visiting, book-reading, movie-watching, car-buying, painting, navel-gazing and quiet-timing have passed (I...
Kay SpencerDec 30, 20151 minFrom step sheet to first draft...Three index cards away, on step 97 of 100 of a 46-page step-sheet. 116,320 words, 35 chapters, far away from home and very close to an end.