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Seriously Too Sick…

to write… STILL. I mean, I think I was breathing last night while sleeping. I’m still alive so I must’ve. When the sinuses get infected it’s like an instant torture chamber for the head. And that stuff that’s in there…. Dude… It’s just NASTY. So, I’ve sat in front of my computer and tried to [...]

I Chose the BIG Story, And Now… There’s NO Backing Out…

What that means is I’m in book 7 of Parched and now I’m over 6k words in and once again hit a wall. I’m not satisfied. And I really believe it all stems from the days when I begin writing the Parched series. I said to myself then, I’m going to be an artist. I [...]

Note to World… And Please Don’t Read If You Have No Time for Frivolity….

Listen… My chicken stir-fry is SO. GOOD. Sigghhh… No. Really. If you don’t have thirty seconds to lose… But here’s how I make it. This is it. First. I take boneless chicken thighs. Organic. AND, I like thigh meat as opposed to breast meat. Breast meat is dry. Thigh meat is tender and chicken-y. Cut [...]

Decided to Get out of the Mind and Back in the Body — Parched book 7

I bet you wonder what in the world am I talking about. Well… I’ve started and deleted the early pages of Parched book 7 twice. The first time it was a hard fought 2k+ words. It took my like a week and half to get that far. The second time, last week, it was 3k+ [...]

Growing Up… Subtle… verrrry subtle…

Like there’s this shift that I’m experiencing. And I had to write it out. Capture it here in writing. Okay… raise your hand if you have an addiction to Hautelook and Ideeli… oh and Amazon.com for everything that you can’t find there or have found there but was sold out… so now you look to [...]

Added an Excerpt to Parched Too…

I don’t want to give elements of the story away by writing this post in detail but I will say that it needed to be added. So now both The Seventh Sister and Parched have the excerpts included. And both are from Quenched, Parched book 3. When I wrote these books, I chose to write [...]

How Much of Me to Give… Uncovering the Author

Sighhh… So, I know I have MANY frustrated readers out there who want to put a face to the books that I write. Like a smiling, or provocative, or pompous–here I am, I’m the author photo of me at least somewhere! On this blog or anywhere there is info about me as the author. Now, [...]

The Seventh Sister… adding an Excerpt…

Okay… So I think I have to add an excerpt at the end of the The Seventh Sister (Parched, book 2). Well… no thinking too it… I added it. First I thought, then I added it! I probably should’ve added the excerpt a long time ago but I’m starting to realize that I am merely [...]

Up Late or Early, Reading Again…

The book is still “What Remains” by Carole Radziwill. I think I mentioned that I was reading this before but I got curious about her backstory after watching The Real Housewives of New York the past season. I mean, I was like, what’s all this “Princess” business about, who’s this “Prince.” Plus, she was a [...]

Light Speed on Nook!

Finally, Light Speed is finally available for those who read on their Nook! Heres the link…. Light Speed – Nook Enjoy! Filed under: MY Work