This is the eighteenth Sexual Assault and Awareness Month led by the NSVRC and this year’s theme is I Ask. The NSVRC and I want to educate people on what is and isn’t consent.
Category: About Me
The Beekeeper’s Fear
Written for middle-grade readers, my first book, The Mystery of Apple Crest, takes place on an Apple Orchard. A young girl and her family have moved into her grandfather’s home and learn to manage an Apple Orchard. In the course of writing this book, I learned an important lesson when a beekeeper’s fear stopped me… Continue reading The Beekeeper’s Fear
The Magic You Make When You Read a Story
The magic you make when you read a story creates a world with characters & problems & solutions. Get some magic for yourself.
Pirating is Stealing
The interwebs have been vibrating with arguments over a website that has pirated many books. Let me be clear. Any site, person, organization which did not pay for copyrighted materials has stolen that property. Pirating books is stealing. There have been flurries of arguments. Some have insisted that all ghostwriters are pirates (ridiculous). Others have… Continue reading Pirating is Stealing
In this Month of Love–Love Yourself
I was in a dark place. My marriage had failed. The separation and divorce tattered my son’s self-esteem. My writing had stalled and I had horrible nightmares. I was the most worthless person I knew (second only to my ex). Self-love was selfish, or so I thought. I wish someone had told child me, “love… Continue reading In this Month of Love–Love Yourself