We went to supper with my dad last night, and he said, “I have a plot for you.” That should’ve been my first warning, but no. Gullible me asked, “What kind?” “The main character is a Russian coon dog,” he said. “It’s a Communist plott.” Ba-dum-bum-ching. And y’all wonder where I get it from. *…Continue reading News Roundup

For the recent SciFi Romance cover, I asked opinions on my personal Facebook page from family and friends. Several people commented, a lot of people “liked” the discussions, and that was pretty much it, I thought. Nope! A few days ago, I was walking out of the grocery store and ran into a friend from…Continue reading News Roundup

I’ve been working on setting a production (writing and publishing) schedule for 2015. This is actually something I fiddle with on a regular basis while I try to figure out what works best for me, as far as writing goes. My loose plan right now is to focus primarily on finishing the last four books…Continue reading Writing Plans for 2015

One of the things writers are often asked is, what kind of music do you listen to while you work? My answer? A blank stare. In fact, the conversation usually goes like this:           “So, you’re a writer,” Random Guy says. “Kewl. What kind of music do you listen to while…Continue reading In Defense of Silence

I’m coming up on the one-year anniversary of the day I began to take writing fiction seriously. Before mid-November 2013, I dabbled in fiction. NaNoWriMo was an annual curse. I’d start strong and inevitably wind down when I hit a plot problem. Last year, thanks to a sleepless night writing a morality tale in my head, years…Continue reading Writing Fiction, One Year Later