Lately I’ve been reading about trains. I’m delighted to… Read More
Genre: Archive
A Colorful Summer
So far, this summer has been full of new challenges, new places to visit and three successful public art installations. Our journey began the first week of June, when we… Read More
Mythical Notions and Alligators
Mythical Notions and Alligators Helen French, July 18, 2021 I recently returned from a vacation in the mountains of western North Carolina. My in-laws have a house in Swannanoa which… Read More
What is your creative signature?
Who are the writers and other artists whose work you would recognize anywhere? Is there creative work you do that, having put in the hours from beginner to mastery, others would recognize as your own? What is a creative signature? It is something bigger than voice or general style, though it may encompass those qualities. But it is also is as specific as a fingerprint or a soul, even as it is exists within a canon, genre, field, or set of life experiences that shape it…. Read More
Mama Has No Favorites
My latest book, Broken Fevers, has 14 stories. I chose them and the collection’s order. Some stories didn’t make the cut, so other than that I have no favorites (as… Read More
Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon or My Misadventures in Social Connecting And the Installation Blog #26
Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon OR My Misadventures in Social Connecting AND The Installation Blog #26 July 11, 2021 By Emily Lee Stehle We were done with Blog #25, so… Read More
Some Florida history
trains eatonville winter park… Read More
Annnnnnd Break!
I wrote to someone the other day that breaks are my new travel. Travel and specifically international travel is a passion I haven’t been able to pursue for all the… Read More
David Manson – June 30, 2021
Gardens… Read More
High Definition
One of my favorite questions to ask writers is ‘what does writing success mean to you?’. I ask it in author conversations for book events and often in personal conversations… Read More