Reader News, July 2015 Edition Epic Fantasy and Romantic Suspense As my initial work on Sojourner, book three of Tales of Faeraven, draws to an end, I’ll be leaving fantasy lands to write about an amazing real-life location, the San Juan Islands off Washington state! Deceptive Tide, will be book three of the Islands of … Continue reading Reader News. Endings and Beginnings →

Branding Decisions (My Life in Books) If you’ve read My Life Out of Books in this month’s Creative Worlds newsletter, you know I’m recovering from being hacked. Finding my feet again will take a little time, but in June I expect to make progress on the long-awaited Story Circle podcast. Despite the difficulties in April … Continue reading Branding Decisions (My Life in Books, June Edition) →

My news for May comes later than planned because computer problems prevented me from posting until now.  The disruption has been a little disorienting and caused me to reevaluate my reliance on the internet. I write about that in a more personal update for this month’s Creative Worlds newsletter. I’ve considered for a long time … Continue reading My Life In Books (May 2015 Version) →

Epic Fantasy Books I’ve completed the first round of self-editing for Sojourner, book three of Tales of Faeraven, my epic fantasy series. I’ll now read back through the manuscript, looking for consistency. Also under the epic fantasy category, I expect to complete Elf Seeyer, the story that morphed into a novella, this month. Romantic Suspense/Romantic Mystery … Continue reading My Life in Books (April 2015 Edition) →

Author News, July 2014 Edition Today a summer thundershower struck with sudden force, its rain washing the sky before pounding into the dry earth. After perhaps five minutes, it vanished.  My summer is turning out to be a lot like that thunderstorm–frenetic activity followed by a clearing. And then more rain.  I’m learning, more or less patiently, to … Continue reading Author News: Summer storms and what I finally can tell you! →

Author News, June 2014 Edition Current Writing Project Editing a romantic suspense submission to send to my agent has turned into a rewrite of about half the sample chapters. The story will be better for this, however it does take time. I am so close, with just one more chapter and a read-through to go. … Continue reading Author News: Writing Projects, a Medieval Festival, and Sadness →

Have Books, Will Travel The first day of meeting readers at the farmers market turned out differently than I anticipated. In my admittedly vivid imagination, the pleasant conversations I would have with readers were only outweighed by sales of my books.  Ah me! How delightful. Applying by email was easy. I sent in $115, payment … Continue reading Have Books, Will Travel →

We’re finally seeing some sun in my area, but I’m hoping not to come down with a case of spring fever. We’ll see how that goes. Active Writing Projects My works in progress include a romantic suspense novel set in an Irish castle. I had hoped to finish editing the sample chapters and develop a … Continue reading Author News: Current Projects, Memories, and Some Fun Photos →