Ellen the Harpist

Picking Favorites

You know what scares me most about participating in author Q&A’s as I promote my novel “Ellen the Harpist?” Being asked to name my favorite, […]

Gratitude for My Author Platform

Connecting to One Reader My friend Kelly, proprietor of the Michigan Harp Center, hosted my first Ellen the Harpist book event at her booth at […]

Paperback, Part Deux

Late July 3rd, I returned home from hanging out with harpists at the American Harp Society national conference in Atlanta. On top of a stack […]

Weddings in the (not so) Great Outdoors

We’re experiencing a heat wave in New Jersey. Thankfully, all of my gigs this weekend are indoors, unlike poor Ellen. In Ellen the Harpist, the brides […]

Paperback

That’s pretty much all I have to say: paperback. It was a long week of copying. pasting, adjusting the formatting, and then battling the gremlins […]

Leap of Faith

Two days ago, I made my credit card do some heavy lifting. The purchase was for something I won’t be able to enjoy for several […]

Warts and All

Practice Makes Perfect? I recorded “A Ceremony of Carols” by Benjamin Britten yesterday. I first performed this work for choir and harp as a junior […]