Elizabeth de Veer
Sunday School - PLUS a Giveaway
A few musings on a life creating – read below for a GIVEAWAY!!! The year was the 1980’s, and I was a teenager. My family, always the last...
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Elizabeth de Veer
- Nov 11, 2021
- 4 min
On Writing
I am very excited to report that last week I had my FIRST EVER book club meeting for my debut novel The Ocean in Winter!! It was hosted...
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Elizabeth de Veer
- Aug 19, 2021
- 4 min
Remembering Lynne
Reflections from a cabin porch, Saturday night I am at the KoA in Saco, Maine, and it’s past dark on a sultry summer night. My daughter...
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Elizabeth de Veer
- Jul 7, 2021
- 1 min
Suicide Prevention Resources
Back in February, I posted a longer blog post about where to find resources if you or someone you know needs some support. Today I want...
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Elizabeth de Veer
- Jul 7, 2021
- 3 min
Pub Day!!!
Hi friends! As of yesterday, July 6, 2021, my book The Ocean in Winter is officially out in the world. They call it "pub day," the...
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Elizabeth de Veer
- Jun 18, 2021
- 3 min
Let's Connect!
Yesterday was amazing! It’s about three weeks until the launch of my debut novel The Ocean in Winter, and I am connecting with the...
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Elizabeth de Veer
- Jun 12, 2021
- 5 min
Where I Started – Thank You, Grub Street!
Less than one month until the launch of my debut novel, The Ocean in Winter, and I am getting very, very excited! And nervous. And...
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Elizabeth de Veer
- May 26, 2021
- 2 min
JUNE GIVEAWAY!
Hi friends! It's officially LESS THAN 7 weeks until my debut novel, The Ocean in Winter comes out to the world! Am I excited? I'm pretty...
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Elizabeth de Veer
- May 7, 2021
- 2 min
Prayers for India
"India, where are you? In the darkness of the early dawn in the holy city of Varanasi, on the Ganges River, pilgrims are lighting tea...
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Elizabeth de Veer
- Apr 24, 2021
- 3 min
Why I Write #1
And how did I manage to stay with it for 18 years before getting published? I was TOTALLY honored and grateful and thrilled to be...
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Elizabeth de Veer
- Mar 1, 2021
- 3 min
My Pre-Pandemic Pilgrimage to the Williamsburg Bridge
When a publisher agrees to publish a novel, the manuscript goes to an editor whose job it is to scrutinize the writing, the story, the...
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Elizabeth de Veer
- Feb 22, 2021
- 2 min
Suicide Awareness and Prevention
The Ocean in Winter is about a few things: family drama, a mystery, relationships between sisters, ghosts, a haunted house. And a story...
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Elizabeth de Veer
- Feb 17, 2021
- 1 min
Enter a Drawing to Win a Free Advance Reading Copy
Hi friends! Okay, here's the deal: if you sign up for the mailing list on my web site by March 15, your name will be entered into a...
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Elizabeth de Veer
- Feb 15, 2021
- 1 min
The Best Review
First of all, if you know me personally, we must never speak of this. If you'd like to read the best review of any book ever written,...
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Elizabeth de Veer
- Feb 4, 2021
- 2 min
Inspiration for The Ocean in Winter
About eleven years ago, my husband and I visited Maryland’s eastern shore. We took a ferry to visit a small island in the Chesapeake Bay....
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Elizabeth de Veer
- Feb 4, 2021
- 2 min
The Pink House
At one point while I was writing The Ocean in Winter, I enlisted the help of Stuart Horwitz of Book Architecture, whom I have worked with...
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