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Truly, a Trail of Tears

There is a long and tragic history involving subjugation of peoples and cultures around the world. One of the most heartbreaking examples was perpetrated against the Cherokee Nation - and all the other Native Americans - by white settlers and the US government. While many of the campaigns against North America’s first inhabitants were executed bit by bit, The Trail of Tears stands out for its inhumanity.As I write my next novel, due out late this year, I’ve been researching the Trail of Tears...

What’s it like to be an author? Taking a peek behind the curtain with Jennifer Kelland Perry

One of the unexpected pleasures of being an indie author is making author friends around the world. Not that I’m flying off to far-flung places. I’ve made friends through online writer groups, including Jennifer Kelland Perry, the lovely lady in the picture. She’s the author of two novels about teen-age sisters - Calmer Girls and Calmer Secrets. If you liked my book, A Daffodil for Angie, there’s a good chance you’ll like her novels as well.Jennifer lives along the beautiful coast of Newfound...

Writing a character with Alzheimer’s Disease

In my quest for inclusivity in my writing, I’m creating a character for my next novel who has early Alzheimer’s Disease. She’s the grandmother of the main character – a woman in her eighties who may not realize yet she’s headed down the Alzheimer’s path.I have first-person experience. My own mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease about fifteen years ago. In the early phases, the disease doesn’t trigger huge changes. There’s some forgetfulness and occasional confusion, but the personali...

On being a woman...

Imagine a young Jewish woman in 1660s London serving as a scribe for a blind rabbi. That’s the set-up for “The Weight of Ink,” a historical novel I just finished reading. It’s an inspiring story of a young woman who flouted conventions of the day that denied women intellectual opportunities. Not to mention denying them other rights we take for granted today. She had to create a fictitious male persona to hide behind and risked never marrying in a society that demanded women stay in the home a...

Cats and Dogs

Besides the snake that makes a brief but deadly appearance in “Albedo Effect, Book 2 of The Shade Ring Trilogy,” I hadn’t written any animal characters in my novels until I published “A Daffodil for Angie.” My latest book includes two cats. They only have a couple of brief scenes, and, of course, they don’t have any speaking lines other than meowing like crazy for their food, but I really wanted to include some house pets in “Daffodil.”Pets, particularly cats and dogs, are such an important p...

Heading into 2018

As 2017 draws to a close, I’m gratified I achieved my goals of publishing “Aerosol Sky,” the final installment of “The Shade Ring Trilogy,” and getting my Sixties novel published as well. “A Daffodil for Angie” is available in both ebook and paperback through Amazon, as are all of my other books.Another of my goals is to make it available in bookstores. To accomplish that, I set up my own publishing imprint this fall – Wild Falls Publishing – so I can now print “A Daffodil for Angie” through...

No, It's NOT a biography - my latest blog post

I’ve had a couple of people ask me already if my latest book A Daffodil for Angie is about me growing up in the Sixties. The short answer: Hell, NO!

Here’s the long answer.

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No, it’s NOT a biography!

I’ve had a couple of people ask me already if my latest book,A Daffodil for Angie, is about me growing up in the Sixties. The short answer: Hell, NO!Here’s the long answer. Like Angie, I was a teenager in the Sixties, although I was a bit younger than she is. Both our dads were in Vietnam in 1966-67. But Angie’s dad is not my dad at all. We both lived in Fayetteville, North Carolina, so anyone who knows the area will recognize many locations mentioned in the book. But the high school in A Daf...

Passing on a two-lane & other tidbits from the Sixties

When you look at images of the 1960s, it doesn’t look all that different from the present. Well, clothing and hairstyles look kind of weird. But there are cars - funny looking, BIG cars - highways, TVs, telephones, refrigerators – plenty of modern conveniences. Still, looks can be deceiving.I’ve been on a virtual field trip to the 1960s while writing my latest novel, which is due out in November. It’s set in 1966. So I had to re-familiarize myself with what everyday life was like. Here are a...

Passing on a 2-lane & other tidbits from the Sixties

When you look at images of the 1960s, it doesn’t look all that different from the present. Well, clothing and hairstyles look kind of weird. But there are cars - funny looking, BIG cars - highways, TVs, telephones, refrigerators – plenty of modern conveniences. Still, looks can be deceiving.I’ve been on a virtual field trip to the 1960s while writing my latest novel, which is due out in November. It’s set in 1966. So I had to re-familiarize myself with what everyday life was like. Here are a...