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Okay, so it wasn’t quite as dramatic as that, but I’m a writer and we tend to embellish. What happened was I sneaked onto private property, an orange grove I’d seen as I was passing on the road I was on at the time during a trip in California where I was doing research for my work in progress. I … [Read more...] about The Day I Was Almost Shot During a Shoot

The other day I was saying to my critique partner, Donna, “It seems I have 20/20 vision when I’m editing and I’m legally blind when I’m writing.” So true! When I’m writing I often feel like I’m stumbling around without my glasses on and can’t see more than two feet in front of me. When I’m editing … [Read more...] about PARTNERS IN CRIME

Escapist fiction. You hear that term a lot. But fiction can be an escape for the writer as well as the reader. Take me, for instance. Writing is more than my career. It’s my escape from reality when reality bites. Recently someone asked me, “How can you write about murder and mayhem when you’re … [Read more...] about The Great Escape

A neighbor stopped by this morning. He kept me company while I did my cat stretch. He was, like, “You need a yoga mat for that?” He is a cat, after all. The other day a coyote came and played in the backyard. Yep, you guessed it. “Toto, we’re not in Kansas anymore,” as Dorothy would say. I’m in … [Read more...] about Return to Carson Springs