Author’s Note: I wrote this post several weeks ago after being bombarded by an avalanche of negative family responses to my post about aging parents. I didn’t write it to justify anything or apologize or to help them understand. I’m a …

Once upon a time, long long ago, The Beard and I commingled households. I cleaned out his bachelor cupboards. He started finishing the basement so the offspring would have bedrooms. That was almost thirteen years ago. I may have mentioned …

              I don’t own the exclusive rights to crazy. I think many of us authors come from a long, pervasive line of insanity and nut jobs. There are those of you who have fabulous …

While traveling, I shifted into reading mode. Yes, I have editor’s notes to tackle on a publishing deadline. Visiting family isn’t the best environment for deep revision work. I did become inspired by the Go Set A Watchman discussions and …

It’s no secret Harper Lee’s first novel, Go Set A Watchman is out in a couple of days. The buzz started the minute people heard it had been dusted off and sent to the publisher. The initial scuttlebutt hummed about …

Writing a novel is like giving birth. I’ve heard this comparison several times. It irks me. The recently finished Esau Convergence left me beat. I looked forward to the celebration of completing my second novel to find only crickets. The …

Studying literature for my masters meant tackling Foucault. For those of you not in the know or who are a bit rusty, the boiled down version of his theory is that language is a construct. We make up its meaning …

My Rabbi Joss quit Twitter. I know, I know, not the first time someone has been vilified and virtually chased off of social media. There’s even a book out detailing the crazy road some of these people stumbled down. It …

I finished. Yep, the sequel to The Esau Emergence. The Esau Convergence is done. I’m sending it off to the editor. I thought I would be celebrating. I thought I’d be Amanda Palmer excited to have this novel, my second …

If you’ve been reading my blog posts, you’ve noticed some repetition. Hell, it’s been blatant recycling. At this moment, I’m a writer two chapters from finishing the draft of my sequel to The Esau Emergence. By the time you’re reading …