I couldn’t resist including a few drawings. I keep a jar of colored pencils by my bed and often draw before I go to sleep or when I can’t get to sleep.  Little pictures of things I remember, or am trying to remember. (Drawing has often assisted memory.)  Or the prevailing mood of the day.  Or my dreams -- and nightmares.  Or a fantasy or concept (such as the Web site Genie appearing to the author).  I also draw when I am baffled about some aspect of a character.  Making a visual image of that character in action (such as evangelist Grace Munger getting her instructions from God in Evensong) almost always reveals something new.

Click on the links below to view Gail's artwork.

The Red Nun

2004 drawings

Grief Drawings

Re-reading Jane Eyre

2001 drawings