October 13, 2022
I’ll confess: I’ve been fascinated by witches since I was a little girl, which is why they’ve ended up in my historical fiction, Trouble the Water (coming 2023). Set in...
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October 6, 2022
They feared the witch would rise from the mud, so they locked her body in a wooden chest, buried her during low tide then lowered a half-ton sandstone slab on...
September 5, 2022
Good news: I went to Scotland! Bad news: I caught Covid! I had a very mild case and tested negative quickly, so I was able to still see a lot....
August 28, 2022August 28, 2022
Confession: I’ve liked Outlander, the series by Diana Gabaldon, since my friend, Deidre, introduced me to the books back in 2005. My husband and I were taking our first vacation...
July 11, 2022
I’m going to Scotland! My novel Trouble the Water is going to be part of a series. The bulk of Book 1 takes place in Williamsburg, Virginia and on a...
June 21, 2022
After the whirlwind of finishing my book to hand into a structural editor on May 31, I’ve found June a bit of a let down. It’s like when you’re a...
June 9, 2022July 6, 2022
Writing the first word of your book can feel like embarking on an exciting journey. Not everyone finishes. Personally, it took me two attempts at novels abandoned half-way through before...
June 1, 2022June 1, 2022
Hi everyone, May should be about Mother’s Day and the unofficial start of summer. Instead, I’ve blogged about the Uvalde school shooting and after the leaked draft opinion to overturn...
June 1, 2022
Why do we allow this? The mass shooting at the Uvalde, Texas school (about three hours southwest from me) was absolutely horrific and infuriating. The more I heard the angrier...
May 3, 2022May 3, 2022
A draft opinion by the U.S. Supreme Court would render a women’s right to abortion up to the locally elected leaders in the state where she lives. In once section...
April 18, 2022
April has been a particularly bumpy month. My daughter came down with Covid (along with five other kids in her theater group) and I managed to tear my calf muscle...
March 28, 2022March 28, 2022
In celebration of Women’s History Month, let’s look at some of the best villains in historical fiction and fantasies. What what makes them so delectably evil and fun to watch?...
March 18, 2022
My grandmother’s people came from county Cork, Ireland during the great famine. She had red hair and a fiery temper to match it, but boy could she make you laugh....
March 2, 2022March 2, 2022
Hey readers! It’s been a pretty eventfully month on my novel writing journey. Remember how I told you I submitted my manuscript to The History Quill‘s beta reader program? (A...
February 24, 2022
Each month I highlight a book I’m reading for my novel research or the sheer joy of getting wrapped up in a good story. Since February is Black History Month...
February 16, 2022
Novel Update #2 It’s been called lots of different things. “Sagging Middle Problem.” “Marathon of the Middle.” “The Middle of the Book Sucks Syndrome.” I’m there, people. For non-writers: When...
