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You Are Cordially Invited To Read My Book (and kill my characters)

Dear Reader, As we all know I do love a good experiment. Or maybe I just like pretending the whirlwind of chaos in which I love me life has some form of order when, in reality, I’m making it up as I go along. Either way the friendly readers over…

Story Time (And Then We Go To Arts And Crafts)

I needed a way to save my pins! In January 2020 I found the perfect, most beautiful, most wonderful cloud-shaped ita bag on a Kickstarter and I backed it in a heartbeat. And then COVID hit… factories closed. The production kept getting pushed back and as people got vaccinated and…

Writer Craft Wednesday: WAYS TO SHOW A CHARACTERS PERSONALITY

One thing I run into a lot when editing is a manuscript that has been edited to the point of sterility. The personality and flavor have vanished because the author was too focused on the mechanics of writing the plot. Giving characters lives, likes, and dislikes outside the main plot…

FOR EVERY ACTION (Fleet of Malik 3) FAQ- When’s that getting published?

It has been almost a year since CHANGE OF MOMENTUM debuted and I’m getting a lot of questions about when Fleet of Malik #3 will be available. Here is what I know right now… Is FOR EVERY ACTION written yet? As of March 2021 FOR EVERY ACTION is 1/5th written…

To Valiant Effort And Brave Defeat

I’ve opened up this page to write a note for the blog a dozen times or more over the past few weeks. I have a dozen drafts of catch-up letters, thoughts on a year in quarantine, and random pieces of fluff. Honestly, what I’ve been doing is quietly screaming in…

Welcome To 2021

Hello Lovelies! Congratulations on surviving 2020 and making it to January of 2021! Here’s what’s going on in 2021… – THE DAY BEFORE is getting finished in the next two weeks and I’ll probably schedule more than one chapter a week so you can read it all before the new…

A Short Note About Growing Up

Today I chilled in a hammock that sits between my home library and the LEGO room. I’m 38 and allowed to do these things. The library was originally designed as a sitting room… a place to have guests sit that is kept clean so the rest of the house is…

Instagram, Fame, And The Dangers Of What Is

I registered for an Instagram account in April for the sole purpose of watching a CHANGE OF MOMENTUM unboxing in Spanish and translating it for my editor. As I wrote my 2021 Business Plan in November I made the decision to actively and intentionally engage on social media with the…

Happy Release Day To ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A REAPER!

Your Horror For The Holidays PRINT | EBOOK | Inkprint | Goodreads | Pintrest Meet Meredith Kriesmas, forensic accountant who sharpens numbers the way killers sharpen knives—Chicago’s very own Grim Reaper of the business world. Whole divisions close in her wake, and her clients pay handsomely for it. But ten minutes into a three-day…

Squares for a Hope Quilt

Life is a little chaotic and hectic right now. My restful activity for the evenings has become embroidering quilt squares for a community Hope Quilt. Everyone who wanted a quilt square was given one, and as many as are returned are being quilted into blankets to give to various shelters…