ANOTHER FUNDRAISER IN THE WORKS TO SUPPORT BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY
Help me raise $500 for Best Friends Animal Society It’s easy and free! Just subscribe to my newsletter and Like/Follow my Author Facebook page to help me reach my goal. For each new subscriber to my newsletter, I will make a one-dollar donation to Best Friends Animal Society. You can sign up on this website […]
HOUSE OF ASHES ~ ARCs Have Arrived!
Best Friends Animal Society Fundraiser
There has been a lot of excitement these past few months as I prepare for the upcoming release of my next book, HOUSE OF ASHES. I feel honored and fortunate for this opportunity to have my new series published through Crooked Lane Books. More details can be found on the home page of this website. […]
Going Home & Giving Back
I am heading home between the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays – home being the little Ohio town where I grew up. Dover might be a small community, but it is huge in heart and wears its dynamic spirit in the form of a swirling red and gray tornado…the high school mascot.
Book Signing Party
Last month I was very fortunate to have a book signing party hosted in the beautiful Kinston, North Carolina home of one of my dearest friends since childhood. Debbie and her mom, Pat, along with two other lifelong friends, Arnie and Barb, had the best time setting up for the meet and greet.
Getting In Touch with My Inner Bad Girl
In Lessons Learned from Writing Part One I wrote about becoming more compassionate as a result of my writing experience. And now that I’m kinder and gentler in real life, I’ve given myself permission to be wicked in my writer’s mind.
Northern Journeys Magazine Article
If you want to learn how I became a writer of fiction, below is a link to an article in the Spring Issue of Northern Journeys Magazine which offers a brief history of my journey from hospice volunteer to published author.
Lessons Learned from Writing
People who make the assumption that authors only write what they know couldn’t be further from understanding the writer’s mind. I shudder to think how boring my books would be if I only drew from my own life. I’ve never personally known a serious criminal or anyone who was murdered. Nor have I ever committed a crime, besides exceeding the speed limit on occasion.
Never forget the power of words…or knitting needles!
Yesterday, as friends and family participated at the Women’s March on Washington, I was fortunate to receive moving messages and texts throughout the momentous proceedings. Regardless of one’s political stand, it was an impressive rally to remind our government of its role to serve all the people of our great country.
$1000 Raised to Support East Bay Food Pantry Mission
Special thanks to those who purchased a copy of The Fool’s Truth during the month of November. Profits from November book sales have been donated to support the important mission of East Bay Food Pantry.