I saw a shooting star this morning. A film editor friend of mine once told me that he couldn’t enjoy watching movies anymore because he “knew all the tricks.”  It spoiled the experience for him, made him not be able to suspend disbelief.  I know, intellectually, that a shooting star is nothing more than debris, whether space…

What is the value of a lemon? Yesterday I was out at a business lunch and my co-worker asked for a wedge of lemon to flavor her tea.  They brought six.  She could only use one, at most two, of those slices and the restaurant would probably throw the rest away. It got my mind…

In 1977 I was obsessed with Casey Kasem’s American Top 40 countdown, keeping religious track of the songs as they moved up and down the chart.  I made lists of the songs.  I kept track of their movement week to week. Imagine my surprise when a song was skipped.  The first week I thought it…

Persistence.  As I continue on this journey of creativity and inspiration, I discover increasingly that success in life is more about persistence, and less about so-called luck. In 2007, I won my first contest with the first chapter of what eventually became my novel, “Sense of Adventure.” For me, the most exciting part of the…

For a time there was a single long-stemmed pink rose sitting in a vase in my living room. Why is this important?  It’s not because I generally don’t have flowers in my house, since they get eaten by my cats.  It’s because this rose was given to me by LARA, aka Los Angeles Romance Authors,…

Hello, friends! I’m so excited about my contest final placement I wanted to share the certificate with you.  Thanks for your support!

I originally wrote this for publicist Stacey Miller to post on her blog (www.bookpr.com), but she has given me permission to post it here.  It’s about my writing process.  Enjoy!   Art is hard to consistently write for this romance and action/adventure novelist! Writing can be frustrating.  Some days, the words come to me like…

Hello friends! I wanted to share some great news for you.  Recently I have been entering my unpublished paranormal romance “Fire Danger” in several contests.  On Saturday, July 12th, I was informed that I have made the finals in one of them!  This is awesome for the book but, of course, means that I won’t…

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