Author
Summerville Book Festival 2025
Literature lovers unite at the Summerville Book Festival 2025! Take a stroll through the charming southern town of Summerville, SC during their February 15th Book Festival from 9:30am-5:30pm. Open to all, plus ticketed events. Scan QR code for details. It’s always exciting for me to meet readers – your comments, insights, and questions inspire me…
Read More31 Inspiring Prompts for Writers
Something to Spark your Inspiration when the Writing Fireworks Fizzle out As a writer everything depends on you. Not to say that it doesn’t for other professions, but authors and those who work in literary fields are consistantly drumming up content. Out of nowhere. From inside yourself. And it has to be meaningful. It’s not…
Read MoreWhy I Wrote American Wild
It’s Not What You Might Think I know its possible to “back into” being an author because I did. Why I wrote American Wild had nothing to do with scholarly pursuits or money-making ventures. It had everything to do with being broke, broken, and lost. But enough about me. Let’s stick with the story. Early…
Read MoreHello! Bonjour.
It’s much easier writing about historical or fictional characters than putting myself – as myself – onto the paper. As many other writers, perhaps, I feel paltry all-of-a-sudden, needing to come up with an introduction. That’s ok. We’ll just keep it casual. I grew up in Connecticut by Long Island Sound. There were Revolutionary War…
Read More