The Art of Storytelling

Author Salman Rushdie spoke at Otterbein University, where I work, a few years ago. He spoke before a packed house, many of the guests...

Rather unexpectedly, we buried my father this week. The thing is, Dad died in 2016. He was cremated and Mom didn't think it made sense to...

Have you ever wished you could travel through time? Write a book. My next project, The Devil's Interval, is set in Reims, France in 1942....

Called 'bold and perceptive' and 'powerful, moving and poignant' by early readers, Love: A novel of grief and desire is available for...

Thanks to Zach Tyler for designing the cover of my newest novel, Love A novel of grief and desire, due out December 15, 2022 from Black...

Have you ever seen 16 gallons of blood? Me neither, although I can visualize 16 plastic milk jugs filled with the dark red liquid....

Physical places can be some of the most evocative pieces of a narrative, connecting reader to the lived experiences of the characters....

Look for my new novel, Love, coming to you from the presses of Black Rose Writing on December 15, 2022. This work has been a labor of...

It's all words on a page, so writing is writing, right? Not for me, it's not. If you look at the date between entries on this blog, you...

Writing is re-writing, like it or not. More often, for me, writing is re-writing and re-writing and re-writing and.... You get the idea....

I once had a conversation with a gifted writer that I admire who was asking me how I plot a narrative arc for a novel. I replied that I...

After four years and fifteen drafts, I am delighted to share that I have an agent to represent my new novel, Love. I am thrilled to have...

I wrote my first book when I was seven. It was about a young witch, who lived in a tree with her grandmother - all of which I stole...