I got quite a surprise when writing today. One of my characters is gay. I didn’t set out to write him that way. It seems he had a lover who has left him. A personal betrayal, it’s also a betrayal that affects the larger story. There was only one problem. I had no idea how […]
I’m posting on Tuesday and not my usual Thursday because I have news. Sparks is now in print. It’s coming – here, there, everywhere! Ask for Sparks at your favorite bookstore. Sparks is being listed in the Ingram book catalogs. Got Sparks? (I always wanted to say that ;-))
Life rocks for Facebook, Google and other high-income, high-tech geeky types in Silicon Valley. In Sparks, the same is true for those living in Crescent City, and it’s even more upscale coastal neighbor Skye Pointe. They work hard. They play hard. At the end of the day, they stagger home – or somewhere else – […]
Fathers and Mothers; Children, Friends and Lovers; we all deserve to live in love. Love is strength and passion; gentleness and mercy. It takes the best in each of us and reaffirms us all. In love, hearts are given freely. But many times, open hearts fall prey to harm. There are those who take love […]
Wishing you a Beautiful Season and a Bountiful New Year. May you be surrounded by love, and may all your dreams come true.
Champagne anyone? Sparks is done–sent off into the world to pursue its destiny.I’ve put a permanent line through the ‘publish Sparks’ item on my list. Now I can fully focus on the next story. Except that… I hadn’t realized that readers would get so attached to Gabrielle and Jarin. Friends ask what their next story […]
It took all summer, but just as Jarin will, I’ve put down my brush and pushed away from the easel for the last time. Sparks is ready to be published. Look for it in October, 2012. My marketing plan is helping me to plan and execute. The professionals I am meeting along the way are courteous, tremendously […]
Artists – painters, sculptors, authors, poets, et al – express emotion with their work. Authors creating characters that show only one emotion is akin to painters rendering on the canvas in only one color, or at worst, only one hue of that color. Making lists of emotional attributes works for some authors; interviewing them works […]
I don’t want this to happen. I can’t tell down from up; up from down. Darkness surrounds me, the weight of it pressing hard on my chest. But darkness has no weight… It’s water! Immediately, I suppress the breath I was about to take. I have to get out – now. But which way […]
It has to be me. I’m sophisticated, accomplished; a good fit for his family. My career is important enough to complement his, but not demanding enough to interfere with plans for family, travel or his advancement. I’ve spent five years planning my approach; watching each relationship, studying the mistakes made by those who’ve tried to […]
