You know those days you look forward to for weeks, months, even years? Christmas, graduation, your wedding day, the birth of your child, a promotion at work. You know how, when the day comes, you're walking on clouds and can't even believe it's happening? At the same...
Behind the Story: My Trip to Agnes Scott College
New Years weekend my husband and I went to Columbus, GA to visit family. Besides the AMAZING larp (live action role play) we attended run by S.O.L.A.R. (I got to play an elven archer/bard=shoot people with foam-tipped arrows and entertain a tavern full of travelers...
Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus: Revelations – FINISHED!
After many tweaks, additions, a last chapter, and an epilogue, I'm proud to announce my second book, Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus: Revelations is complete! It still has to go through my editor, of course, but the story is there, and I couldn't be happier. I finished it...
Christmas: A Creative Retelling
You ask, my child, why do we celebrate? Why should we be joyful, and why is there good cheer? Sit, and listen well, and I will tell you the greatest love story ever told. This story begins long ago, before the child, the manger, and the star. Those are what we...
Mockingjay Part 2: War and WHY
Last night I saw Mockingjay Part 2, the last in the Hunger Games series about Katniss Everdeen and her fight against the Capitol to bring freedom to Panem. I am pleased to say that, in all major respects, the last movie is faithful to the book. There are,...
Story Empires and Why We Make Them
I just finished reading a fascinating article about why we probably won't live to see the final Star Wars movie. Go read the article here. It's rather an eyeopener to take a bird's eye view, or a God's eye view, of the Star Wars history and legacy. And not just Star...
Celebrity Philanthropy: the Power of Social Media
For over a decade since I saw Angelina Jolie's movie Tomb Raider, I've followed her work promoting international aid. I've always had immense respect for her fight to bring help to those in need. She's not perfect, of course, but she's doing something. I've never...
Writing and Sleep…or not
Due to being up until 3am writing, and then getting up at 7am to go work on my parent's farm, this is going to be a short post. I'm sure you'll forgive me, since I'm working so hard to make Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus fantabulous and on time! I still have about 30-40K...
Adventure, Snarky Humor, and Free Stuff
Don't they teach you in Being A Writer 101, don't quit your day job? Oops...well, I guess I missed that class, because I just put in my two week notice *pauses to let inner cheering fade*. This is so I can write full time in preparation to publish TWO books...
Reader & Writer: A View From Both Sides of the Fence
All my life until a few years ago, I was simply a reader. A consumer. Growing up, books were a daily and vital part of my life. I always had a book with me, whether in bed, at the school table, when I went out, and yes even in the toilet (that's a great time to...
