About three years ago I was a Mary Kay cosmetics seller for a while (good times, I learned a lot of valuable stuff). The Mary Kay culture is all about empowerment, believing in yourself, and working for change (all good things). So, there I was, a new Mary Kay rep,...
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...
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...
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...
I’m Finally Going to Jump
I've been putting off writing this post because, well, as soon as I say it, I have to do it right? As soon as I commit, there's no turning back. Either I'll succeed or fail, and I can no longer sit in my comfortable little corner talking the talk but not walking the...
The Long Road Ahead: Publishers, Editors, and Cover Art
I've decided to share an in-depth writing update this week (sorry Gizmo, your Thursday News columns aren't quite up to scratch...no pun intended). I've got two big projects going on, both of which are immensely exciting, and I've made significant progress this...
Of Hope and Determination: Writing Fellowships
There's no way I'll ever get this fellowship. I'm not good enough. Why even waste the time and effort trying? Sound familiar? Not just for writing fellowships, but for everything in life we try for (contests, job promotions, auditions, scholarships)? Everybody faces...
Milestones: The First Story I Ever Wrote
[update 1 yr later: having divided my efforts between this and my Lily Singers Series, which will be published April 2016, I am now 3/4 done with my urban fantasy novel draft and will done by the end of the year. If all goes well the novel will publish in spring 2017]...
Second Published Story CRT Anthology Christmas Greetings
Yesterday, I met with about 25 other members of the Cherokee Roundtable writing group at the estimable Don Ray's home to celebrate the release of our groups anthology, "Christmas Greetings" - a collection of short stories, poems, and plays with a Christmas theme. I...
