What drives creative types like me? Greek mythology gave credit for the inspiration of mortals to the nine Muses. Of all of them, I would say the closest match to me and my writings would be Calliope, muse of eloquence and epic poetry. With Melusine’s …
Read MoreTatiana Nikolaevna Romanov
Working on Ruby Memory has allowed me to learn so much about the Romanov daughters: Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia. I’ve read their compiled diaries and letters (what survived, anyway…I’m sure a lot more was lost than was saved). I’ve pulled up as many images …
Read MorePossible New Scam-Beware!
I thought I should loop my readers in on a possible new scam variant that might be on the horizon (because we writers don’t have to deal with enough of these, apparently). Here’s what went down today. Make of it what you will. I got …
Read MoreLyrics And Relationships
Before I met my partner, I never would have pictured myself going to a nightclub. There were no shortage of those types of places where I went to college, but at the time, I had neither the patience nor inclination (and bluntly put, with the …
Read MoreBrain, Why Are You Like This?
It would be super awesome if you could keep just one story in there at a time. Okay, fine, one series at at time, even. That would be doable. Why, then, do you insist on not only having multiple books from the same series warring …
Read MoreThe Time For A Teacher Memoir Has Come!
And guess what…you little stinkers are going to be featured! Don’t worry! Your very nice teacher will change your names. Maybe. Here’s a partial list of what will make it into the book: The day I flooded my classroom. The sugarcane paper fiasco. How I …
Read MoreUnnaturally Good Dogs
For lack of a better idea for a writing warm-up, here’s a roundup of all of my greyhounds over the years: Stub: Our first grey, and an amazing ambassador for the breed. Yes, Stub was his official race name…his tail was shortened somewhat, by nature …
Read MoreThoughts On Reviews And Review Bombing
With my book coming out this fall, of course my brain turned to the concept of reviews. If you publish a book, traditionally or otherwise, you are going to get reviews. Some may be awesome, some…not so much. And you know what? That’s okay. Nobody’s …
Read MoreScammers-The Gift That Keeps On Giving
Authors tend to be inundated with scammers. My biggest ones at the moment are fake book club emails and book marketers. All fake, most coming from Nigeria according to their IP addresses. Most of them are obviously AI written, though that illusion falls away the …
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