Genre: Literary

This week I’ve been taking a break from the novel and working on a long story/novella whose rough draft I wrote over the summer. The germ of it started after… Read More

Blog #6 Poetry blooms in St. Pete, in this city of art, music, magic, and possibility. Nearly three years ago my husband and I were sun chasers who kissed the… Read More

Blog 6 While I was living in the Keys four years ago, I met one of my dearest friends, Lisa. She drew Angel cards each day, and when I was… Read More

Beginnings and Endings by Yuly Restrepo December 11, 2020 The first images I envisioned for my novel, many years ago, were its beginning and ending. This is unusual for me…. Read More

One project that I started working on in the summer, and will hopefully finish soon, is illustrating a children’s book. It’s a personal project that stemmed from reading to my… Read More

Blog #5 I made a big decision recently. I decided to publish as Sara Ries Dziekonski even though for over a decade I have published as Sara Ries, my birth… Read More

Blog 5   It’s always interesting to find out what we’re carrying with us from our parents and grandparents. I’ve never been big on genealogy, but I do have an… Read More

Growing up, it didn’t occur to me that I could become a writer. Like many other kids, I was an avid reader, and I wrote little fantastical stories where I… Read More

Blog 4   I’m a cold weather writer. I write better when it’s cold out. It’s counterintuitive, I know, for me to live in Florida, but there is also something… Read More