As a mother, my job is, in a nutshell, to teach my children to be the best people they can possibly be. Doing this in a world that is rather unforgiving and sometimes downright nasty is difficult. It's impossible to hide them away, exposing them to only my opinions and experience. Ultimately, that would be …
Investigating the Paranormal – Book Excerpt
Whenever I tell people that I'm a paranormal investigator, initial responses vary between, "Ohmygosh! Can I go with you on an investigation?!?" and "Wow. Yeah. All the nopes." People are always a mix of curious and terrified and I want my book, Memoirs of a Future Ghost to be bridge between those two emotions. I wanted …
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Occupation? Author.
Recently, I found myself filling out a form. Side note: Honestly, adulthood seems to be a never-ending line of visits to the grocery store, the doctor, the gas station, the pharmacy, school activities, and filling out forms. None of it is fun. I wish, instead, that adulthood could be a never-ending succession of chocolate, visits …
Faker
My favorite poet is Maya Angelou. The day she died, I was devastated because I knew I would never again hear her voice or read new poems she had been inspired to write. Our backgrounds, our skin colors, our ages, were so vastly different. There couldn't have been two more opposite people in the world …
Query Letters Abound
Well, I've gone and done it. I've sent out the first six query letters to five literary agents and one publisher. I like to imagine that my computer is currently acting like the post owls from JK Rowling's Harry Potter series and that, in approximately four to eight weeks, my inbox will look like the …
Inspiration
I am a huge believer in the portability of a notebook. I absolutely love my MacBook Pro. It's my second one in 12 years and I enjoy having the option of sitting at my desk with a traditional monitor and keyboard set up or traveling to wherever I want and writing elsewhere. In just my …
My first book
When I first started writing, it was tedious and difficult. I couldn't decide what to write and every word I put to paper sounded idiotic. I created outlines, character bibles, and printed out research. I couldn't decide on a story line or a theme. Finally, one afternoon in November, 2016, my brain whispered Write what you …
