In October, I joined a series of virtual write-ins hosted by my Sisters in Crime (SinC) Desert Sleuths chapter president, Denise Ganley. We meet and chat for 5-10 minutes (yeah,…
Available for pre-order now for its December 15th release, Portraits of the Pen: A Collection of Short Stories, includes my 8th short story publication, "Lucky Seven," which won 3rd place…
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…
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…
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…
[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…
Turning a short story into a novella may be a daunting task. It helps that I began with a long short story of almost 7400 words. Today I'm in the…