Elizabeth de VeerDec 2, 20215 minSunday School - PLUS a GiveawayA 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...
Elizabeth de VeerNov 11, 20214 minOn WritingI 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...
Elizabeth de VeerSep 27, 20214 minOn GhostsThis blog was originally published on freshfiction.com. Thanks, Fresh Fiction friends, for featuring The Ocean in Winter! My debut novel,...
Elizabeth de VeerAug 19, 20214 minRemembering LynneReflections 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...
Elizabeth de VeerJul 7, 20211 minSuicide Prevention ResourcesBack 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...
Elizabeth de VeerJul 7, 20213 minPub 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...
Elizabeth de VeerJun 18, 20213 minLet'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...
Elizabeth de VeerJun 12, 20215 minWhere 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...
Elizabeth de VeerMay 26, 20212 minJUNE 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...
Elizabeth de VeerMay 7, 20212 minPrayers 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...
Elizabeth de VeerApr 25, 20213 minWhy I Write #1And how did I manage to stay with it for 18 years before getting published? I was TOTALLY honored and grateful and thrilled to be...
Elizabeth de VeerMar 20, 20212 minGriefBefore last Sunday, I had never lost someone I knew to suicide. But I got the call around 9:10 pm, while my daughter was watching Taylor...
Elizabeth de VeerMar 1, 20213 minMy Pre-Pandemic Pilgrimage to the Williamsburg BridgeWhen a publisher agrees to publish a novel, the manuscript goes to an editor whose job it is to scrutinize the writing, the story, the...
Elizabeth de VeerFeb 22, 20212 minSuicide Awareness and PreventionThe Ocean in Winter is about a few things: family drama, a mystery, relationships between sisters, ghosts, a haunted house. And a story...
Elizabeth de VeerFeb 18, 20211 minEnter a Drawing to Win a Free Advance Reading CopyHi 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...
Elizabeth de VeerFeb 16, 20211 minThe Best ReviewFirst 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,...
Elizabeth de VeerFeb 4, 20212 minInspiration for The Ocean in WinterAbout 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....
Elizabeth de VeerFeb 4, 20212 minThe Pink HouseAt 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...