Pinnacles National Park: A Setting Worth A Story
“Show me a picture of your house. Outside and inside, please.” Setting matters to me. Does it to you? When I’m getting to know people...
Authors are Tough on Their Characters!
I don’t know exactly when nor why I chose to saddle the heroine of When Winds Howl with my cancer. I wasn’t being sadistic, nor was I...
WHEN WINDS HOWL A SPECIAL DEDICATION
Before, during, and after writing a novel, the dedication and acknowledgement page is always on an author’s mind. Including one in the...
WHEN WINDS HOWL Launches in 2024!
I yearn for the day when fans of my books, thousands of them, bug me to name the month my next book comes out. But because I haven’t...
The Benefits of Planning Ahead
Covid and my bout with cancer made me a shut-in for two years, but since the world’s population was affected by the virus, immobility...
A Revisit: 1971 and 2023- Lake Louise, Alberta Canada
Travelers yearn to visit interesting places all over the world, and with so many sites to choose from, the decision to revisit a place is...