December 7, 2024

Back in 2018, I decided to write romantic fantasy novels with dragons. I was already writing fantasy, but I enjoyed reading dragon fantasy. Why not write it? My husband has been more than supportive. He encouraged me when I had no ideas for the genre. We sat down and brainstormed three books together: The Dragon…

June 3, 2021

I have a plan and ten weeks stretching out before me waiting to be filled. It’s a simple plan. Revise some books. Approve a final edit (or two) Write another Solstice Dragon World novel. Work with my cover artist for the new fantasy series in the works Update a few files Paperback the Standing Stone…

Cover of The Sharded Boy cover
January 1, 2021

I am about to embark on writing the fifth book of the Standing Stones series. My daughter reminds me regularly this is the series that writes itself. It is an apt reminder. It started with a friend wanting me to write a guest post for her blog. She gave me a set of possible topics,…

December 6, 2020

Just as I sat down to write this post, the power for our entire town went out. Usually, we hear the rollicking pop of a transformer or have a few preliminary brown outs. Not this time. A gentle outage, like a mouse tiptoed in and sat down. Lights out all over town. That was also…

November 7, 2020

I never have enough time, and I am coming to terms with that. When I was much younger (yes, at 60 I still consider myself young), I would ask myself, “Five years from now, are you going to wish you had/hadn’t done this?” The answer would guide my decision. It is that question which made…