More Publishing News "The Backpack" was accepted this week for the Desert Sleuths' 2021 Anthology, So West: Love Kills. "Lucky Seven," which recently won 3rd place in the City Limits…
This has been a busy week as I roll into the back half of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). With more than 31,000 words written, I'm right on target to…
I’m blogging mid-week to honor the men and women who have served our nation's military. From our earliest formation to today, they have served in the best way they could—whether…
The call was for a crime story revolving around a song from the '60s. There were so many from which to choose. What inspired me to select "Spirit in the…
This week has been challenging, in a good way, but it's also worn me out a little. I'll gladly ease off today's writing schedule. I was writing a new short…
"Spirit in the Sky," my story in the anthology Peace, Love, and Crime: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of the '60s, can be in your eReader as early as…
News. I learned late last week—after my blog posted—that "Lucy Seven" won 3rd place in a short story competition from City Limits Publishing. This flash fiction began as a workshop…
It's mid-October and who would have thought six months ago we'd be trying to figure out how to celebrate Halloween in two weeks without actually gathering, greeting, or enjoying each…
[Author Note: 10/11/2020 - I received feedback from others on a writer's listserv who all said, as did Roxanne in the comments, that the singular tag line was the better.…
I've always believed in lifelong learning, so it shouldn't surprise anyone who knows me that my journey as an author includes learning as much as I can absorb. Since my…