Jul 14, 2020 | Bloody Book Club, Mysterious Places, Tales of the Supernatural, The Writing Life
They’re ba-ack. Reluctant ghostbusters Jackson Stone and Kate Carlsson have returned in a fifth supernatural mystery, Mask of Ghosts, and this time, they’re going to Bali! No good deed goes unpunished. Roxi thought the Balinese mask would make the perfect...
Jul 8, 2020 | Mysterious Places
When one thinks of eerie places to explore, Disneyworld doesn’t top the list…but perhaps it should. The Magic Kingdom has abandoned a number of theme parks, perhaps most famously in Japan, where the Nara Dreamland languished after squabbles over licensing...
Jul 1, 2020 | The Writing Life
Anyone else a fan of Masterclass? I came across something in Dan Brown’s that inspired me and that I think may help some of you, but it’s kind of extreme. It’s all about the process. Brown says he writes from 4 am to 11 am, every day. This got my...
Jun 10, 2020 | The Writing Life
Effective writing is one of the best skills to develop, no matter what industry or field you’re in. Concise, clear communication looks easy, but often isn’t. Gifted communicators are prized for good reason. Five quick ways to improve any piece of writing:...
May 6, 2020 | The Writing Life
Hello everyone, First of all, I apologize for not responding to all the comments from the last Insecure Writer’s Support Group post yet. It’s been quite the month. Attempting to deliver an in-class experience to my students online has been challenging, and...
Apr 1, 2020 | The Writing Life
This month’s Insecure Writer’s Support Group question will be a loaded one for many of us: with everything that’s happening due to the coronavirus, how are things in your world? Sometimes it seems to me like the world has turned into a Charles...
Feb 12, 2020 | The Writing Life
Today’s the day: Dragonfly Summer is now available. If you already have an Audible subscription, it’s included, and if not, you can listen to it through their free trial. It’s hard to believe that this is my tenth published book. It doesn’t...
Feb 4, 2020 | The Writing Life
So, it’s February again already. How did that happen? It’s also Black History Month. And, unless you’re a part of the horror writing/reviewing/blogging community, you may not know that it’s also Women in Horror Month (WIHM). To be honest, I...
Jan 29, 2020 | The Writing Life
While Dragonfly Summer, my upcoming Audible Original release, is not a true story, it comes the closest of all my books to being autobiographical. For its setting, the claustrophobic town of Clear Springs, I pulled heavily from the town where I grew up. When I was...
Jan 8, 2020 | The Writing Life
I must have been the only writer to attend a screenwriting masterclass and be thrilled to discover it was not, actually, a screenwriting masterclass. You see, I have no interest in writing screenplays. I hope that one day, some talented person will be the one to turn...
