In the interest of Mental Health Awareness Month, I explored keeping our heads up by thinking positively to counter...
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Staying Positive Despite Turmoil
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Once upon a time, when the COVID-19 pandemic occupied a sizeable portion of our...
Defending Against Distress
In the interest of Stress Awareness Month (April), I de-stressed and paused blogging in consideration of my mental...
Getting Thin: Big Mistake (publishing primer)
When working on a new novel, I sometimes assume the role of Lot’s wife and look back. I don’t turn into salt, but it’s...
Bookshelves to Die For, Pt. 2
Previously, I discussed unique bookshelves that appealed to me, with mention I’d list more. With summer upon us, books...
Michael Jackson Music: a Crossroad
A tribute to Michael Jackson was part of the lineup at the Capital Jazz Festival earlier this month. And as I sat in...
Bookshelves to Die For Pt. 1
In the interest of Mental Health Awareness Month, I took a break from blogging during the month of May, but I am Sans...
All’s Fair in Love for Books
The COVID pandemic impacted everything on all fronts, so, no surprise I’d been out of the in-person book fair groove a...
Beginning a Novel: Stuck Before Getting Started
“It was a dark and stormy night…” (a tried-and-true opening for sure, and just as oft-played) You’ve fleshed out the...
Get Over the Fear, Dear.
Writers write for the utter joy of it. But loving to write doesn’t equate being entirely comfortable with exposure as...
A Toe-Dipping Approach
You’ve seen this (I know you have), either in movies or in real life: a person approaches the edge of a body of water,...
Playing God
A hidden satisfaction comes with being a fiction author. We are creators of people, creators of worlds, and creators...