Author, playwright, editor
Last weekend, I had the amazing opportunity to attend Fyrecon, a cool local convention geared towards writers, readers, artists, and gamers. It was a diamond cave of knowledge and experience, and I’m SO glad I went. Firstly, I went to a class on Spinning Wheels and Fairy Tales. I learned that the word “spinster” comes from …
Feedback from Fyrecon (Spoiler alert: It was AWESOME!)Read More »
All right, all right. I’ll be the first to admit it, Mr. Darcy and I look forward to having our time after the kids shuffle to bed. We love hanging out with our girls, but it’s fun to occasionally throw a bag of popcorn in the microwave after they head to Bedfordshireland, chill out on …
My Favorite Fictional Books of all Time Hey, everyone! I’m currently waiting on edits for Astraeus, getting ready for new romance releases, and working on some new things. While I have a second, I thought I’d share my ten favorite books of all time: #1 The Stand by Stephen King – Stephen King is my …
Top 10 Fictional Books – These Are a Few of My Favorite ThingsRead More »
Hi there, Readers! All right, here’s the skinny. When You Close Your Eyes releases on May 17th with Boroughs Publishing, and to celebrate, I’m running a $25.00 gift card giveaway. The winner has their choice of either an Amazon or Barnes and Noble gift card. Enter below! I also have great news. My science fiction novel, Astraeus, has …
The monomyth is the hero’s journey, broken into three separate phases that encompass the hero’s emotional and spiritual growth from his overall experience. In his writings, Joseph Campbell described a simple formula for these rites of passage: the departure or separation of the hero, the hero’s initiation, and the return of the hero, which encompasses …
Prior to writing my stage play in December, I took a trip to the library and revisited Death of a Salesman, in addition to other plays. I needed to get back into the theater swing, and the best way I knew how to do that was to immerse myself in reading great plays. I had read …
My upcoming Sci-Fi novel is about a young woman who’s a medical officer aboard the Sleipnir, a science exploration vessel 150 years in the future. They encounter a humanoid alien drifting in space, not wearing a mask, but somehow alive, and they bring him aboard. The book is full of delicious tension, and it’s been …
There is always that bone-chilling moment where you are about to submit your manuscript to an editor, literary agent, or publisher, and you hit Send. But have you done everything you could to get the manuscript ready? I’d like to share simple, but effective self-editing hacks I’ve learned throughout the years in self-editing. I usually …