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  • Winter’s release

    Winter’s release

    Death comes to all ‘Neath snow’s blanket No comfort found Only cold wet kisses  From creeping ice. _ Just a bit of sad whimsy. I’m ok, really.  Read more

  • Characters Review their Author

    Lost? Don’t be. Find previous episodes here. Hi Readers! Ran paused fingers poised over the keyboard. A purple glow lit his young face emanating from a portal floating in front of him. It framed a slice of another reality where a thirtyish woman stared at a sheet of paper willing it to disgorge its secrets. “What’s… Read more

  • Heroines Chase Trees

    Heroines Chase Trees

    Lost? Don’t be. Find previous episodes here. Thank you so much for your support, birthday wishes and condolences. Thank you.  I am so grateful for your kind words. Unfortunately, my characters can’t come to my web editor today. A blizzard dropped 18″-24″ inches on my tiny apartment on Tuesday. I located my car under all that… Read more

  • Still playing Tag

    Lost? Don’t be. Find previous episodes here. Yesterday NY got creamed by a blizzard. So I spent my day shoveling and there’s still more to shovel. I also loaded up the more epic version of   Curse Breaker: Enchanted into a voice reader app and gave it a listen. I kept in mind our discussion about… Read more

  • Tag you’re it! 

    Tag you’re it! 

    Lost? Don’t be. Find previous episodes here. Okay, yesterday I worked on taglines, aka the “hook.” This is what I came up with: When magic turns to murder, who do you call? Curse Breaker: Enchanted is at its heart a mystery as well as epic fantasy. Two groups of hikers are found dead at the… Read more

  • Picking on Pixels 

    Picking on Pixels 

    Lost? Don’t be. Find previous episodes here. Meet the next generation of book cover mockups Thank you for feedback! I spent some more time massaging pixels and here’s what I ended up with last night: I love it. What do you think? Now I just need a tagline! Now for series 2 which I need… Read more

  • Battle of the Pixels

    Battle of the Pixels

    Lost? Don’t be. Find previous episodes here. Why the obsession with cover designs? Because I learned the hard way that before the book is done, you gotta think about how to market it. In fact, it’s best to consider the cover/blurbs/marketing before you start the book. Since Curse Breaker: Faceted is a crossover novel, it… Read more

  • Curse Breaker: Enchanted (More Epic Version) Chap 1

    Lost? Don’t be. Find previous episodes here. Curse Breaker: Enchanted (The More Epic Version) Chapter 1 Unnatural, shrieked his magic seconds before an invisible fist punched Sarn. Struck from behind, he tripped on the uneven ground. Sarn bounced off one of those damned statues—they were everywhere—and its marble arm slammed into his chest. What’s unnatural?… Read more

  • Death, Editing and Birthdays, Oh My!

    Death, Editing and Birthdays, Oh My!

    Lost? Don’t be. Find previous episodes here. Hi Readers, I’m sorry for not writing you. I promised to let a certain character have his say, and I didn’t. Last week I was a wreck. My cousin disappeared and was found dead three days later, shattering our family. May he rest in peace. Standing by my cousin’s coffin,… Read more

  • RIP

    Some sad poetic musings inspired by the Poets of Twitter who tirelessly post prompts. Thank you for providing a frame to express the grief, anger, and inevitable questions raised by a loved one’s suicide. – – – RIP Rest in peace– those who have fallen, those who hang, those who lie six feet underground. –… Read more