Cynthia Harrison

Novelist

Year: 2003

  • research

    By far the best advice I got from my critique group was related to research or rather my lack of it. Eve knows what I know about kickboxing, that is, not much. I bought some kickboxing tapes and did the preliminary tape a couple of times. Still working up my nerve for the advanced tape.…

  • Inappropriate Attraction

    Fictional inappropriate attractions interest me. They’re something I want to explore in All About Eve. Why do we sometimes feel these inappropriate attractions? How do we deal with them? What are the consequences? Either way (go with or sublimate) there’s a price to pay. Inappropriate attraction is not something we ask for or even want.…

  • Merry Christmas

    So happy Christmas and here’s the current first scene of All About Eve. Subject to change, obviously. Want to discuss a couple of the main points the critiques my writing group gave me, and my responses, but neither would make much sense without the scene as context. So here it is: All About Eve Almost…

  • Tim’s Big Day

    Tim graduated!! I now am the proud mom of two college grads. As Al said yesterday “They’ll both do just fine.” This is us at lunch after the ceremony. This is just after the ceremony, the closing procession. Building where Tim spent most of his class hours. The degree he worked so hard for is…

  • My Heart Opens

    In Buddhism, when the heart chakra opens, it feels like a flower blooming inside your body, each petal unfolding with exquisite tenderness. There’s nothing quite like it. I know this because, the other day, quite unexpectedly, my heart opened. It’s a quiet but powerful feeling, a payoff for years of meditation, years of paying attention,…