Writers write, and market their butts off.

What did I do differently? I took charge of my creations and my career by becoming an independent author.

Five Fast Tips for Writing Dialogue

DON'T OVERTHINK IT. Just write, and let your thoughts flow. You can go back and edit later. The best dialogue is natural, not forced.

Celebrating Nine Blogging Years!

This weekend, WordPress informed me that my blog is now nine years old. I look back over the years, and realize that I owe so much to this blog, this space, this WordPress, and to you readers. I remember the day I decided to start a blog. A friend I'd met on one of the …

Big Book Deals!

I wanted to mention to those of you who aren't FB or Instagram users, and so wouldn't have seen this: starting today two of my novels are on sale. The Ticket is just $2.99 on Kindle until Friday night, and my first novel, Strangely, Incredibly Good, is going for just $10 as a paperback book …

It Never Goes Away.

I've been so excited this past week, I can barely eat, sleep, or —now this isn't normal for me —write!  I know it's because I'm artistically exhausted. I just completed the long and arduous task of putting together an anthology of poems titled Caged: New and Selected Poems. Don't get me wrong - the task …