As I’m writing this on Sunday, I’m looking forward to visiting my brother and his family. For the past two weeks, we’ve all been anxious about his daughter, one of my favorite people in the world (seriously; I dedicated my last book to her), who’s been sick with COVID-9 symptoms: fever, cough, body aches, shortness of breath, and exhaustion. The
Hi friends! A lot has changed in the world since our last WIP Wednesday. My niece in Chicago—the one I dedicated The Equinox Stone to, and the one I made plans with to go to a Supernatural convention this summer—has been sick and quarantined to her room with COVID-9 symptoms for two weeks now. I just want her to start
Hey, everyone! Lately, because things have been stressful, I’ve being doing a lot of journaling. It’s sort of a cross between a spiritual exercise and therapy for me, and coming up with my own journal ideas helps me not obsess too much on the news. I thought I’d share some of my mindfulness journal prompts with you. I love journaling
Hey, it’s been a while since I did a master list for writers! You love them, and I love them, too. So here’s a list of settings to help you in writing a cozy mystery novel! (Full disclosure: I’m an acquiring editor in the cozy mystery genre in my day job.) Sometimes the setting itself can inspire an intriguing plot
Hi, friends! As promised, here’s chapter three of The Equinox Stone , which you can order by clicking here (or read for free, if you have Kindle Unlimited!) If you’ve just stumbled onto this post and you don’t know what this is all about, this is my sequel to The Phoenix Codex . You can read Chapter One of this
Hey friends! Yesterday after I posted chapter one, I got an email asking about Michael’s sexuality (because he notices Nic is good-looking.) This is a male/female romance, and Michael West, the hero, is not completely straight. I haven’t read a lot of M/F romances with bisexual, pansexual, or not-quite-straight heroes, but I always imagined Michael’s sexuality like this. Other than
Hi, friends! Even in the midst of all the uncertainty, I’m still excited and proud about my upcoming new release, The Equinox Stone , the second book in a paranormal series. You can pre-order it for Kindle here! Because the preview on Amazon only shows you so much, I’m sharing the first three chapters of the book here on my