The Seed For Story & A Blank Page
Though I turned my second stand-alone novel, The Midwife, over to my publisher on June 1, promotional work for The Outcast took up June and most of July. I also started preliminary edits for The Midwife that took up much
Visiting A Utopian Commune
This weekend, my mother, my best friend, and my seventeen-month-old daughter visited a reconstructed British village nestled in the Tennessee mountains. In 1880, an author named Thomas Hughes founded Rugby as a Utopian society for those who wished to escape
“Not Another Author!” ~ The Truth Behind Book Signings
I used to be among the 90% of Americans who despise telemarketers, or even just smarmy salesmen. When my husband and I would enter Sam’s Club to pick up supplies for our store, I would steer clear of the vendors
Publishers Weekly Chooses Picture From The Outcast Signing!
Four years ago (or is it five?), I attended my first writerly luncheon. I was so nervous, I had to stop by the bathroom and run my hands under warm water to keep them from feeling dead. Staring into