January 18, 2024
The other day I was brainstorming ideas for a blog post about how witches are portrayed in movies and television. Conferring with Professor Google, I found articles about Willow from...
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January 12, 2024January 11, 2024
Are you a book nerd? I sure am. But where do you think you rank among other readers? If you read just one book, congratulations – you’ve read more than...
December 31, 2023
Happy New Year! If you’ve been following this blog you know that I’ve written a book, To Rescue A Witch. Set in 1739, To Rescue A Witch is about an...
December 3, 2023
Everyone is always busy. That’s our default, right? But did you ever have one of those months that was crazy-busy on steroids? In November we decided to remodel our home...
October 23, 2023
It’s been a minute since my last novel update because life. Final Edits – To Rescue A Witch To Rescue A Witch is in it’s final edits! Yahoo! It’s literally...
June 28, 2023
Last year when I went to Scotland, Boris Johnson got fired as Prime Minister, Donald Trump’s house got raided by the FBI, and there was a heat wave. This year...
May 4, 2023
There are some scary and exciting things on the horizon… Agent Query Another agent requested the manuscript! That filled my heart with joy and dread and hope and fear and...
April 5, 2023April 30, 2023
You know how some people have those Cinderella stories where they write a novel in a month with no prior experience whatsoever and they get signed by the first agent...
March 30, 2023
Hello fellow Succession fans! As a writer I’m interested in watching fantastic TV shows to study how they create great characters and storylines. For those of you who have not...
March 13, 2023March 10, 2023
Hello! I’ve got some interesting news. This month I sent my first agent query letter and… she requested the full manuscript! Now it’s an eight week wait-and-see process, but I’m...
March 6, 2023January 27, 2023
Why say something in one word when you can say it in 36 words, right? Wrong. Unless you’re Charles Dickens and getting paid by the word, today’s reader doesn’t have...
February 16, 2023February 15, 2023
First Agent Meeting There’s a scene in the mob cult classic movie Goodfellas. Teenager Henry Hill (Ray Liotta’s character) is doing some shady work for the local mafia and gets...
February 2, 2023February 2, 2023
Every year for my birthday I do something to scare myself. It’s like having a bucket list only instead of doing a hundred things then dropping dead I do one...
January 30, 2023January 24, 2023
The most important thing in a book, TV show or movie is to have a killer opening. Afterall, if you don’t hook your audience immediately they’re likely to move on....
January 23, 2023January 20, 2023
How many books can you read in a year? Some reading rock stars include Warren Buffet (5-6 hours reading per day), Bill Gates (50 books per year), Mark Zuckerberg (1...
January 11, 2023
Big Name Change! After taking everyone’s feedback to heart, I’ve changed the name of the book from “Trouble the Water” to “To Rescue a Witch”. My friend, Syd Young, who...
