Originally titled “Ready for the Next Big  Thing,” but I don’t know what that big thing will be. After five headlong years of producing...

I read a lot. It’s been that way all my life. Fantasy novels, mystery novels, thrillers, historicals, magazines, newspapers, online...

Hello again, my friends! I hope everyone had a terrific holiday season, a celebrated New Year and a good start to 2024. I’ve been...

When I started this endeavor (after the muse woke me up with a single word that sparked the Carrie Lisbon series), I had a nebulous Big...

Hi everyone. Thanks for all your interest and support since the first Carrie novel. I'm so excited to present you with the second. Book...

I’m nuts about metal detecting. I can’t drive anywhere without thinking “ooh, that looks like a good place!” My equipment is always...

I saw this the other day. Came attached to an email. Is it a list of resolutions? An inspiration for someone struggling? Someone down in...

No Comfort for the Undertaker, my debut novel featuring widowed undertaker Carrie Lisbon was launched in a flurry of activity on October...

My writing buddies and I set up a table at a local arts and crafts fest. We wanted to showcase our club by displaying the books we’ve...

I turned 60 this year. Kind of a milestone; if I’m honest. It means I’m well past the halfway mark we all have in mind as a general,...

She's on her way!

It's been a year! Not: 'it's been a year since...' Rather, it's been a year to remember. A year with exasperations, outright tragedies,...

I teach kids in pre-school and early grades to say thank you every day. It's not that they are rude; it's that they need the practice....

I'm a metal detecting nut. If I'm not out there with my Minelab Equinox 800, I'm watching Green Mountain Metal Detecting, or Terra...