Where the Train No Longer Runs: A Flash Fiction Ghost Story
Ashley Pemberly stood at the door looking barely a day older than the day Sarah Goodsen watched her descend the front stairs and walk out of her life for good. That was twenty years ago, but there had rarely been [...]
Was Columbus a Psychopath?
Why bother addressing the question the day after his day? Or after Indigenous People's Day? Why bother? Why bother understanding the story? Or ourselves for that matter. After all, it’s history. Shouldn’t our history, our stories, remain in the past. It [...]
Writing About Existential Questions and Radical Hope
Writing books is always thought provoking. The human condition does not easily lend itself to words. I have been missing in action. MIA. Sidelined by research, writing, and editing. Novel #2—the first in a trilogy—is done for now. A speculative [...]
The Hills of Heroes: Vercingetorix
The Massif Central. An ancient landscape. To stand in its embrace is to experience the soul of France. In its heart, the Chaine des Puys is a line of 80 dormant volcanoes that run along a north-south axis. The capital [...]
The 5 Stages of Fear and Lessons from 9/11
Fear. As a profound sufferer from migraines, I've always known the brain is complicated. Just ask my list of doctors who resorted to the eenie-meenie-minie-moe method to try to prevent them and, when that didn't work, treat them. So, it [...]
Writing Inspiration–Love in Life
Each day is a gift of a new beginning. A gift of life. A chance to love. We are each on our own journey. We cannot direct that of another, but where we intersect, there is the story of community. [...]
5 Reasons We Tell Stories
We tell ourselves stories in order to live.--Joan Didion Stories. It has now been a couple of months since Entangled Moon was published. Between marketing, attending writing conferences, working on my second book(s), and enjoying summer activities with family and [...]
5 Books that Inspired Me to Write Suspense Thrillers
In May, I had the opportunity to post about the 5 books that inspired me to write my coming-of-age suspense thriller. It sounds easy. Or at least, it sounds like it should be easy. In fact, picking the 100 books [...]