My website promises to bring you along on my publishing journey, so here we go. I’m independently publishing a fairy tale called A Dress To Remember. This post will provide some background on why I’m doing it this way and how it’s going. The Decision In 2021, after having no success finding an agent to […]
Category: Writing
NaNoWriMo 2022
NaNoWriMo 2022 is coming! Yes, November is National Novel Writing Month and I’m participating again. This year, I’m writing a middle-grade fantasy called THE HAUNTED CAROUSEL. It’s part of the Brass Ring Series, which includes THE MAGIC CAROUSEL (formerly Rust Boy and the Brass Ring) and THE CHRISTMAS CAROUSEL. The goal for NaNoWriMo is to […]
Memory Lane Park
Earlier this year, I accepted the challenge to write a short piece with the theme of thrills and chills, and that led to “Memory Lane Park.” The Florida Writers Association (FWA) publishes an annual collection of member-written short fiction, essays, and poems related to a common theme. For 2022, the collection is entitled Thrills and […]
Carousel Acres
What is Carousel Acres? It’s a 15 acre horse ranch north of Brooksville, Florida, that I call home. To Begin… I live on a horse ranch, complete with a ranch-style house, barn, shed, fencing and pastures for my three horses. It’s a long way from where I started, but the story of how I grew […]
Six Lessons for Writers from the Garden
While I was pulling weeds this morning, I realized there are six lessons for writers from the garden. I created the garden three years ago to give myself a quiet writer’s retreat. It had not fulfilled that role until this morning. When I yanked yet another weed from the ground, it occurred to me with […]