17 Jun, 2020

If we don’t stand up for justice, then we will fall.

2020-06-17T21:28:56+00:00June 17th, 2020|

Should law and order trump protest and civil unrest? What about justice? The question unsettles me. It unsettled me when I was a very small girl in 1968, but I know a lot more now. Still…it feels a bit like [...]

16 Oct, 2019

Was Columbus a Psychopath?

2019-10-16T00:06:06+00:00October 16th, 2019|

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 [...]

28 Aug, 2018

5 Reasons We Tell Stories

2018-08-28T20:00:49+00:00August 28th, 2018|

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 [...]

20 Jun, 2018

5 Books that Inspired Me to Write Suspense Thrillers

2018-06-20T22:07:23+00:00June 20th, 2018|

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 [...]

11 Jun, 2018

Mariah’s Entangled Memories and DAPL

2018-06-11T16:30:47+00:00June 11th, 2018|

She had been walking between two worlds most of her life. Like DAPL criss-crossing worlds as if they did not exist. It was her Mom who first told her how to travel in between. That conversation was perma-inked into her [...]

22 May, 2018

The Borderlands of Biracialism

2018-05-22T22:31:56+00:00May 22nd, 2018|

'You can choose now. You can be black and white. Biracialism is a 'thing.' I barely heard the young woman's words. They were like an echo. And that is how I came to call Mariah. I needed to hear her say [...]

3 Apr, 2018

Who Will Your Words Kill Today?

2018-04-03T21:32:19+00:00April 3rd, 2018|

“You are a dark and dirty child.” The whispered words floated but gained speed and slammed through me. Burning like burrowed chiggers. I never knew why she hated me. Shy and sensitive to all external stimuli, I only wanted to [...]

5 Nov, 2017

The Power of Truth Empowers Us All

2018-02-27T18:43:05+00:00November 5th, 2017|

The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. - Carlos Santana In preparation for NaNoWriMo 2017 (National and International Novel Writing Month), I made the declaration that I would not put a single drop of alcohol to [...]

23 May, 2017

Ode to a Google Doodle

2018-05-24T17:43:23+00:00May 23rd, 2017|

A year ago today, google doodled Richard Oakes. I love google. Even when they were AI pretending to be IA and then did the old switcheroo and admitted it – well, sort of. I am prone to swim in strong [...]

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