The value of a books is not a single penny more that what a reader is willing to pay for it. The sad thing is, that what readers are willing to pay is at one of the lowest amounts I can remember–ever. The publishing industry became an interesting world when Amazon became one of the largest booksellers in existence. Not only are they a bookseller, but they are a bookseller that can purchase at the distribution rate, rather than the...

“If at first the idea is not totally absurd then there is no hope for it.” – Albert Einstein I was in Vienna last week, (very cold, lots of snow, sickeningly romantic – highly recommended!) wandering about without a care in the world and it occurred to me that I do talk an incredible amount of utter nonsense. Things pop into my head, ideas and theories and weird images that I always assumed were the same as those running through everyone...

As a writer, I am fond of the Snowflake method of plot development. For the past two years I have been working on and off on my latest novel THIRD LIFE’S A CHARM. My first draft is complete, but at this point in desperate need of revisions and a major overhaul. I have been discouraged by what appeared to me as an insurmountable task, but do you want to know the truth? The truth is, I diverted from my snowflake plot and my story took on a...

Admit it. You’ve done it. You’ve reached out for that bathroom mirror and been disappointed when your hand went THUNK against the cool, smooth surface. …no? Well you’re more normal than I am. Granted, that isn’t altogether difficult to pull off, but in my defense, I was probably five or six when I attempted to go through the looking-glass. Still, I’ve been thinking about that instant of pure imagination where anything is possible. In...

Over the years, I had always toyed with the idea of writing a novel. By the time I actually decided to do it, I figured if I managed to finish one, I would consider myself done. Little did I know it would only be the start of a writing marathon culminating in five books and counting. As I neared completion of my first novel, A Knight of Silence (“AKOS”), I started to prepare myself for the tedious submissions process. I read somewhere that...

Today is international Read a Book in the Bathtub day. What are you reading? Are you turning into a...

A package came for me the other day. In it were ten paperback books, their covers coal-black and bearing the image of a man, his back turned. He was consumed in a blue flame. I’ve seen the image many times, yet I was surprised at how impressive it looked as I held one up to the light for closer inspection. At the bottom was a name. My name. The excitement turned to something else. Fear? Dread? Let me explain. Up to this moment, over the weeks...

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I was introduced to the frightening world of the e-book reader this weekend. There I was, innocently minding my own business watching the countryside between the South coast and London slip by (I was on a train), when I happened to glance at the small leather-bound slate in my boyfriend’s hands. It was illuminated from within, and upon it were words. Electronic words. I had heard tell of these mysterious machines and knew they were the newest...

While browsing some of my favorite blogs, I came across Letters of Note and a post that struck me as remarkable. It’s a letter from a freed slave, Jourdan Anderson, to his former owner who requested that he come back to work for him. Please go and read it, it’s quite profound. Why did this resonate with me? In Uncharted, a segment of the story deals with a freed slave, and the letter from Jourdan Anderson reminded me of the reason why I...