I joined a contest at the end of last month. We were given a genre, a prompt, and a word and we had to write a 250-word (or less) flash fiction in 24 hours. My genre was Sci-Fi, my action was assembling furniture, and my word was “invent.” We were told we could use a …
I just released my sixth book, Coming Around Again, through Sapphire Books Publishing. I have an old man dog named Brutus. He has diabetes and I give him a shot twice a day to keep him healthy and happy. Gordo is the cat. He rules the house. In the mornings, he reminds me to open …
I did a video of one of my favorite scenes from my first novel. Davey and her mother, Leah are having a rather public exchange about Leah’s sex life. It was fun to record, though not as fun as reading to a crowd where I can see facial expressions and get feedback. Still, I …
Two things happened in the past couple of days that have led to this blog. First, a friend of mine wrote to me, “I love how you carry yourself. The way you walk and dance and play, you move like you own your body. I think so many of us (women) are enslaved by our …
It has been just about a month since the end of this year’s Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival and I am finally sitting down to blog about it. The fact that I haven’t written about it doesn’t mean that I haven’t been thinking about it. In fact, I think about fest every day. I send messages …
