Twenty-one years ago I met you on Love@AOL. Twenty years ago I met you in person, at a bookstore. I was over an hour late. You were kind. We got along. I was lucky. Really really lucky. We have watched each other grow up. We have been a witness to the other’s life. You helped […]

I sent my last round of edits to the editor yesterday. She is doing a light edit (because I’m pretty please begging) for her to do it so it is out in time for Christmas. So if it isn’t good, it is my fault. But hopefully y’all will like it. I really hope so. It’s […]

So for the next few days I will be focusing on finishing this book. I was supposed to go to a writer’s retreat but I was kept away from it. I’ll be working on it from home. It’s all right. If there is some reason I shouldn’t have gone on my retreat (I am assuming […]

My book Sorrowfish takes place in 2001 for a reason. That was a very important time in my life. I had started school again here in Louisville to learn to be a graphic designer. My daughter was 9. I was a single mom. I remember on that day I was running around looking for a […]

What if my new book bombs? What if I forgot something or should have added something? What if it isn’t as good as the first one? What if my inner critic is broken and what I think is good sucks? What if I can’t write anything any more? What if I am a one hit […]

So last week as a family we dealt with a big sad. Emily’s father died and it was very painful for everyone. I’ve been remarried for almost 20 years but even for me it was a horrible event. Heartbreaking. Painful. Sometimes, when you have a big sad, you need a big happy. I am not […]

So I got to go onto Allegra Pescatore’s YouTube channel again, YAY… this time to discuss world building. I don’t know how much I contributed really but it was a good time. Allegra wrote Where Shadows Lie, her entry into SPFBO6 and you might remember I spotlighted her last year. Anyhow, the link to the […]

Ok, I do a lot of interviews but this one was special. Ryan Meier, who wrote The Kept King, and I sat down for a chat about Tolkien and eucatastrophe. Eucatastrophe is near and dear to my heart. I have talked about it before. It is more than a happy ending. It is an ending […]

I had a lovely conversation with an author friend. She asked me about her cover. I am a graphic designer and have been a graphic designer for 20 years. I have my degree in visual communications. I work in the field daily. It’s my thing. I mostly do website design and logo design but I […]

Book 2 is finished! Now it is time for my LSE (Long Suffering Editrix) to work her magic… but it is finished! Here is the cover. It was done by the amazing Faera Lane.

In my book, there is a scene with my bad guy, Siles, where he sacrifices children. A beta reader did not believe that Siles was a bad guy. I ended that debate when I added the scene. But I also am passionately against the trafficking and slavery of children. Sexual abuse. Organ harvesting. Today, I […]

One of the things I have been very aware of over the past few years is a phenomenon I call “writer brain.” It exists in most humans I think. Some of us more than others. I first understood it, dimly, when I watched Ally McBeal back in the day. The show explains it, demonstrates it, […]

Yes, I’m going to be on TV. The show is called Fairytale Access and it is on multiple stations throughout the country as well as being broadcast on YouTube. So that is fun! I have a lot of interviews and podcasts coming as well in the next few months. All good things. ETA: LINK IS […]

It’s been out since Jan 20 but I’m just now getting around to announcing it on my blog. Sorry! It’s been quite a week. So yes. You can now buy Sorrowfish on audio at Amazon and Audible. It is also supposed to be distributed by Apple but I haven’t been able to find the page […]

I don’t know who needs to hear this today. But I was reflecting on my lunch and decided I’d put it out there. I had made CORD soup. CORD soup is Clean Out the Refrigerator Day soup. I start with tomato soup and add two cans full of water. Then I throw in whatever is […]

I see this question being asked on Reddit/Fantasy quite a bit. Some form of it. It absolutely amazes me. Honestly, my reaction is… What are they teaching in the schools these days? The reason fantasy was set on medieval European settings, specifically in English? Should be obvious. But for those of you who skipped English […]

I submit to you that while the Harlan Sanders Lifetime movie is not specifically mentioned in Revelation as a sign of the End Times? It should be. Especially when the lead is played by Slater. That is all.

I woke up with this. I think I dreamed about it. Sometime during the night I decided writing and design were the same thing. I remember my first Elements of Design class. We had to make these notebooks, a page at a time. We made the pages from construction paper and had to find examples […]

You may have noticed. I have weird dreams and sometimes write about them. I do not have dreams as weird as Sara’s. However last night was pretty close! FUN FACT: A third of the Bible has to do with dreams, dreaming and interpreting dreams. I thought that was mighty cool. Anyhow. So I have been […]

I was cut in the nicest possible way. J.A. Andrews actually broke the news to me. I have a chronic health issue that flared today. It sent me to bed this afternoon. I crashed and when I woke up, the news was in my messages. Janice is very kind. I’m glad I heard it from […]