Screaming Deal on Fire in the Heart

Hey folks,  I bought several cartons of my book and need to get rid of them since I live in a tiny house. If you are interested, hit the contact button and send me a message. I am selling them for $10/book plus shipping (media mail). Folks who signed up for the email...

Hello…Hello!

Don’t you just hate it when you follow a blog and the author just disappears? I have become part of the problem. I’m not sure why I haven’t written in so long. I guess because life happens. In April, I sent my agent two ms–the revised kayak...
Green

Green

It’s funny how you can start out with one dream, and when that’s achieved you want more. First I just wanted to get a book published. Then I wanted it to do well. Then.. I have a friend who wrote a compelling memoir. Her book is still going strong years...
Next Book in the Hopper!

Next Book in the Hopper!

I can’t believe I did this, but I finished an 82K manuscript in 2.5 months. How did I do it, you ask? Especially because the last three took, cough cough, five years? I got a big jumpstart when I was on furlough for 35 days and that momentum carried me forward....
So, I’m accidentally writing a romance novel

So, I’m accidentally writing a romance novel

There may be some authors who can sail through one book effortlessly, but that is not me. Eventually I get completely nauseous at the sight of my work in progress. I hate my main character; she is a wimpy whiiner and I want her to just go away. The other main...
Us and Them

Us and Them

Because Fire in the Heart has been out for a year and a half, I sometimes reflect on what I could have written and what I did write. These sometimes diverge. If I wrote it today, it would be a different book (remember, there’s a huge lag in when you finish...