- Feb 21, 2018
Reading as a Writer
With becoming a writer, I’ve had to learn all sorts of new coping skills: How to be humble after a good review. How to keep my ego above...
- Sep 26, 2017
Whatcha Got to Lose?
After publishing my urban fantasy novel, Curse Me Not, which is about a woman who can cleanse curses off people’s auras, I was surprised...
- Jul 24, 2017
Watch Out For Shotguns
Let me guess. When you hear “Appalachia” you picture moonshine, clan feuds, illiterate hillbillies living up “hollers,” shotguns at every...
- May 1, 2017
A Random Bit of Fate
My Knoxville writers’ group has been at it again with more flash fiction. This time we used Seventh Sanctum to give us individual...
- Nov 8, 2016
Romance Shmo-mance
While we women authors often include at least a touch of romance in our novels, it doesn’t mean women understand romance better than men...
- Sep 21, 2016
Women of a Certain Age
I got fed up. My favorite fiction to curl up with has usually been a variation of urban fantasy and paranormal romance. Yet now after...