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A Very Bookish Christmas Now on Audible!

Just when you thought the holiday cheer was over… My latest Christmas time romance is now on Audible. And apologies for the delay. But that…

Smashwords End Of Year Sale 2025

As the song says, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” And that means you can save 25% off my books on Smashwords now…

Has Google Grabbed Your Manuscript?

The short answer is “Yes.” And here’s why I say so: Video about Google grabbing your gmail and attachments Impact on You as an Author…

My New Christmas Romance Novel Is Here

A Very Bookish Christmas is here! My sixth book (my second Christmas Romance) is here with more depth, a trickier plot, but in the end……

Cover Reveal and Pre-order for My New Christmas Romance Novel

A Very Bookish Christmas is coming! My sixth book will soon be here! This is my second Christmas Romance novel. And in all honesty, I…

Author Event Aftermath

My circuits were so overloaded, it’s taken a few days to write this Trust me, I would rather have been home writing, but sometimes we…

Another Author Event

We authors have to use opportunities where we can Trust me, I would rather be home writing, but sometimes we have to do what we…

Dear Readers

I wanted to let the emotional furor out there settle down a little before writing this. As a staunch supporter of individual rights, most importantly…

NEW RELEASE! Get a Bit of Paranormal in Your Mystery

Washington, DC, is about more than politics! Jewel thieves, high-stakes gamblers, alien creatures, mythological creatures, and a wizard or two—it’s all part of what some…

Cover Reveal for My New Book of Paranormal Mysteries

More stuff cranked out of my brain, absolutely NO AI-generated content When this whole switch from non-fiction writing to fiction came about in my life,…

A Bit of Spring Cleaning on My Site

We authors spend our days writing, but at times we need to break away and do some necessary activities to help others find what we…

The Greeting Card Girl’s Christmas Now on Audible!

Just when you thought the holiday cheer was over… It takes time to produce an audio book, and the demand for people to do the…

The Value of Print-on-Demand for Writers and Readers

Breaking free of traditional publishing The advent of POD (Print-on-Demand) was undeniably the biggest positive revolution in publishing since the invention of the printing press…

Peter’s Progress and a Writer’s Journey

A story inspired by a mountain of writing called the Freelan series This is about a writing journey as well as a fictional character’s journey.…

My Just-Published Christmas Romance

Crafting just the right look and story Happily announcing the publication of my latest novel, a Christmas romance novel, The Greeting Card Girl’s Christmas. Buy…

Meeting the Local Book Group

And doing my best not to be boring Question: What could be more boring than listening to a writer talk about her writing? Answer: Listening…

My Author Pages up on Goodreads and Amazon

Finally got up my author page on Goodreads. (My thanks to Pat O’Neill for alerting me to this feature of that site.) My Amazon author…

Welcome to Scaretember – The Wiccan Tales is here!

It’s Scaretember, a prelude to Halloween Month (October), and I have just the thing to get you in the mood: my newest book, a novel…

My Blog Is Moving to Substack

All aboard! For over a year now I have been double posting here and on Substack. The response on Substack shows me that I should…

Cover Reveal for The Wiccan Tales!

My third book, this one a novel, coming soon! Halloween will be here sooner than you think! And what better way to prepare mentally than…

Audiobook Now Available for “The Stardust Alliance and More”!

The audio version of my book of 6 eerie journeys into sci-fi! Sorry, there is no giveaway. My error. Dive into these six eerie journeys…

My Second Book of Short Stories Now Published

Get your sci-fi with an eerie tingle! Buy on Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble, Books2Read, Apple, Kobo, Everand, Thalia (German), Smashwords, Angus & Robertson, Vivlio…

Sci-Friday – Excerpt from “A Long Way from Arach”

Check out the first glimpse, 2nd glimpse, 3rd glimpse, 4th glimpse, and 5th glimpse. A 6th (and final) glimpse into my upcoming book of 6…

Sci-Friday – Excerpt from “The Stardust Alliance”

Check out the first glimpse, 2nd glimpse here, 3rd glimpse, and 4th glimpse. A 5th glimpse into my upcoming book of 6 eerie sci-fi stories…

Sci-Friday – Excerpt from “If Looks Could Kill”

Check out the first glimpse, 2nd glimpse here, and 3rd glimpse. A 4th glimpse into my upcoming book of 6 eerie sci-fi stories Here is…

Sci-Friday – Excerpt from “Sally’s Destiny”

A 3rd glimpse into my upcoming book of 6 eerie sci-fi stories Check out the first glimpse here and the 2nd glimpse here. Here is…

Sci-Friday – Excerpt from “The Eyes of Cleopatra”

A 2nd glimpse into my upcoming book of 6 eerie sci-fi stories Check out the first glimpse here. Here is another excerpt from my book…

Sci-Friday – Excerpt from “A True Joule”

A glimpse into my upcoming book of 6 eerie sci-fi stories My book of short stories in the science fiction realm will be published soon…

Audiobook Now Available for “Wind Down the Chimney and Other Eerie Tales”!

It’s here at last—the audio version of my book of 10 eerie tales! Get your thrills and chills “on the go”! Buy a copy on…

Sneak Peek: The Stardust Alliance and More

Aliens, technology gone amuck, and a human who can take a charge A special treat for you all. Some of you have been very inspirational.…

Observations on an Author Event

Sharing an experience so my fellow authors can be forewarned It was one of those ideas that “seemed good at the time.” A volunteer organization…

My First Book of Short Stories Now Published

Get that eerie tingle! We authors face many challenges. One of them is all those ideas for stories that pop into our heads while we…

Short Story Just Published by Written Tales

Sometimes using our life experiences as inspiration for our fiction is a very good thing. Case in point, my latest mini-story (less than 1,000 words)…

New Category on Short Story Page

Things are always in flux with my writing. And the beauty of the internet is that changes are fairly easy. Very fortunate. As more ideas…

Short Story List Growing!

The ideas for short stories is growing, and my development of those ideas is well underway. I have revamped how they are listed on my…

Story and Cover Art in Latest Issue of Eldritch Science

The National Fantasy Fan Federation holds an annual short story contest for amateur authors (info here). I had entered two stories into the 2022 contest…

Another Article Published on A Literary Eye

Just published another article on the fine art of writing literature. A recent “discussion” on social media about the types of conflict in literature spurred…

Another Story Published

My writing time had focused on a series of novels in what I now call the Freelan series. A while ago, I got interested in…

New Article Series

The literary world is changing. I have observed it over the decades as an avid reader. Recent events have urged me to start jotting down…

2nd Story “A Cup of Tea” Published as Guest Blog

Once again, the good folks at Stories from the Soul have considered one of my short stories worthy of appearing on their site! Always a…

N3F 2022 Short Story Contest Official Announcement

About a month ago, I was proud to announce that I had been informed about winning third prize in the National Fantasy Fan Federation (N3F)…

“Grandma’s Braids” Published as Guest Blog

My side trip into writing some short stories has once again shown to be worthwhile. My short story (603 words) Grandma’s Braids was published on…

2 Stories Shine in N3F Org 2022 Short Story Contest

Fantasy is a genre into which I have only recently dipped a toe. That dipping has been due to George Phillies, President of The National…

Site Revamp Includes New WIPs

Having delved into some “side trips” in my writing endeavors (a collection of short stories, a romance novel, and a series of fantasy stories), the…

My Flash Fiction Story Posted

Recently, I tried something new – a work of flash fiction (<1,000 words). I submitted it to a site called The Writers Club and just…

Featured in N3F Org Newsletter

Recently, I have had two articles from my website featured (with my permission) in The N3F Review of Books Incorporating Prose Bono, one of the…

Great News for Conservative Authors & Readers

As if things weren’t tough enough for us authors (I saw a post the other day that an author had gotten a rejection from the…

The Ceres Stratagem Added to Line-up

A line-up of the book series currently in progress got a bit of shaking up in the past few days. These things happen a lot…