See, there are certain things – like how to breathe, for instance – that I sort of expect myself to…
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Beloved Insignificant
The Hubs and I have been on a 90s movie kick recently. Steel Magnolias, Regarding Henry, The Fugitive, Primal Fear…
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Story: A Search for Truth
One does not simply “finish” reading a novel by John Steinbeck. Not just Steinbeck, but any great work of fiction…
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A Novel Sort of Poetry
One of the great mysteries of life is that inexplicable, undeniable link between poetic inspiration and mowing the lawn. I…
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Novel Thoughts
I am in the midst of editing The Ancient, friends, so this will be brief. First: good news! I’ve read…
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Birth: A Writer’s Memoir
Reader, I finished it. A few days ago, I took the day off my online teaching job so I could…
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Diary of a Convalescent Soul
In the third book of the Gatekeeper trilogy, our heroine Anna Merritt has this conversation with her new friend, Sherry:…
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Genre-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…
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On 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…
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Myth Matters
I am on a lifelong quest to read everything ever penned by J. R. R. Tolkien. *contented sigh* I’ve read…
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