It took me a long time to realize that I enjoyed being alone. It also took a long time to know that there wasn’t anything wrong with that. Like everyone else, there have been occasions, many in fact, when I’ve felt unbearably lonely. Although truth is, it hasn’t been so often that I would relinquish … More Quiet, don’t interrupt.
That refrain from the Beatles song has run through my head repeatedly today. It leads me to think I’m ready to discuss a recent clandestine obsession of mine. My usually eclectic reading tastes took a remarkable and singular turn shortly after finishing the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy in February of 2012. For unfathomable reasons … More Love, love, love…
Charming, ruthless, and very good-looking are all easy descriptors for Jeeter Sarno, a small-time hustler and enforcer with grandiose dreams. Jeeter’s edge in life had always been his innate ability, even in the most dangerous circumstances, to not only survive, but to thrive. What he didn’t know or care about was how much he was … More A Snapshot from Making His Way
Sadly, I’ve never read a book by Joan Didion. She’s arguably one of the best known and much heralded novelists of our time. I own at least two of her books and I’ve thought about reading them several times, especially The Year of Magical Thinking. She’s also a transplanted New Yorker who loves New York, … More Writer = God or Vessel?
Jarod Prentiss doesn’t wear a mask and a cape after work but he does keep a major part of his identity under wraps. Noted child psychologist by day; popular romance author by night. Shari Dunham, freelance writer has come cross-country to San Diego specifically to interview Jarod and learn about his work as a fiction writer, as well as ferret out his secrets. But Jarod … More Excerpt from Prelude For Tomorrow (prequel to Flawed Spirit)
I was a little kid in school the first time I ever heard that play on words. The phrase always comes back to me during the month of October and reminds me of my Mother, Annie. It was on October 30, 1998 that a brassy female Doctor called me down to my Mother’s hospital room. … More Denial ain’t nothing but a river.
I recently debated with a friend the benefit of saving words I’d put on paper but couldn’t use for the writing project I was working on. A very talented author in her own right, she urged me not to throw anything I’d written away. My friend made the convincing argument that nothing written was wasted. … More Why Write Now?
Someone very close to Myra Lambert has been brutally murdered. It’s commonly believed that her longtime stalker is the person responsible. Ex-cop Glenn Sparrow has been hired to play bodyguard for the vulnerable heiress, while his best friend Homicide Detective Lt. Max Harper solves the case. After a foiled abduction, Glenn and Myra retreat to the Lambert family farm, where they hope she’ll be … More Excerpt from Sticky Moon
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