Nothing says winter holiday like a near-future, sci-fi audiobook that takes place in May! Wait, you were looking for Christmas lights and m...

It’s nearly Christmas and I finally got around to wrapping presents for our kids and put them under the tree. I’m behind this year, but I’v...

Writing inspiration comes from many places—as many as there are people in the world! But does an author have an iconic recurring-scene that...

It can seem as if all writers have degrees in writing or literature. Professionals who knew they wanted to author books and have the certif...

Anyone else enjoy reading the book before seeing the movie? If I know there's a print version I'll definitely look it up before seei...

Number one way to support your favorite author? Tell them you loved their book! Wait…maybe leaving a review for said book-love is the number...

Back in 2015, when I was writing The Mars Strain, my dream was to retire from my lab job and become a full-time writer after I had ten books...

My favorite book-adjacent creative is hands down Anita Mumm at Mumm’s the Word Editing .  Anita was my editor for The Mars Strain before i...

  Is anyone else escaping into books this week? I’ve read some great reads recently—I share about them on Insta and Goodreads—and when I loo...

  I’m a mood reader, as evidenced in my most recent Insta reel with the stack of books I had to bring on vacation. I didn’t know what I woul...

  Contractor Best Practices—working with a 3rd party in support of your book.  I’m an unpublished writer, I have nothing out in print, yet....

This week we’re supposed to talk about how to respond when a fellow party-goer learns you’re a writer and asks: “have I heard of you?”. I w...

  This week we’re promoting our scariest book or scene…and, well. I’m a wuss when it comes to scary. I don’t write horror, though some creep...

 The Mars Strain available now on Libby What’s on my mind this week changed as I listened to Jeffe’s First Cup Of Coffee podcast this morni...

The Mars Strain - getting technical   If you’re bored writing, the reader will be bored reading -  true or false? Hmm, false?  Truth time...

Great Smokey Mountains    Tendrils of smokey mist curl through the trees, dampening the air to curl my hair. It’s called the breath of drago...

 This week's topic is right up my alley. If you follow me on Instagram you know I love photography, and bookstagram falls right into tha...

  Politics. It’s all about who has what, who doesn’t have what, and who wants what. And that’s why I’d argue that politics play an important...