I am in the midst of editing The Ancient, friends, so this will be brief. First: good news! I’ve read…
Read MoreBirth: A Writer’s Memoir
Reader, I finished it. A few days ago, I took the day off my online teaching job so I could…
Read MoreDiary of a Convalescent Soul
In the third book of the Gatekeeper trilogy, our heroine Anna Merritt has this conversation with her new friend, Sherry:…
Read MoreGenre-Bending and Other Daring Endeavors
Who here has seen that all too short-lived Nickelodeon classic Avatar: The Last Airbender? I’m not talking about the 2009…
Read MoreOn Giant’s Shoulders: The Power of Music in Writing
Music has always been very important to my writing. I finished my first novel, Gatekeeper I: The Finding, in one…
Read MoreMyth Matters
I am on a lifelong quest to read everything ever penned by J. R. R. Tolkien. *contented sigh* I’ve read…
Read MoreEasy Rhymes and Trashy Romances
Recently, my marketing/business manager (aka The Hubs) did some research on poetry books that are selling well on Amazon. He…
Read MoreNow and Not Yet
We are currently in Holy Week, the seven days leading up to Easter. It begins with Palm Sunday, which commemorates…
Read More“Found Tonight” – with poetry
This week, my husband showed me this video of Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ben Platt doing a glorious mash-up of two…
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