I think a lot about families and how desperately they need compassion and connection.

For several years, I’ve worked on three related books attempting to speculate on how well-meaning parents under enormous pressure can fail their children.  I want to know how it might be possible to overcome those pressures and how to heal their shortcomings.

I’ve published book one, The Reluctant Canary Sings about one of those failing families and the pressure it puts on their daughter.

A complicated structure in book two intends to connect far separated members of another family. In a guest post on the Carrot Ranch Website, I’ve written about that structure and what I hope to accomplish with this novel in progress. https://carrotranch.com/2018/04/03/ra...