THE APPEAL OF WRITING YOUNG ADULT
TweetWhen people learn I’ve written several books, one of the first things they ask me is “What genre are they?” That sounds like a pretty easy question. After all, I should know the answer to that...
View ArticleDESERT STAR, book 2 in The Desert Series, is here!
Tweet DESERT STAR: A Story of Restoration I’m pleased to introduce Desert Star (Book 2, The Desert Series), which is a novel about the restoration of souls juxtaposed with the restoration of an...
View ArticleCONFESSIONS OF A SHORT-STORY VIRGIN
Tweet Short stories have always been elusive to me. Despite the countless number that I wrote in my late teens and early twenties, I never finished writing even one of them. Although there wasn’t a...
View ArticleTHE SCOURGE OF AUTO DMs
Tweet The room is large. You’re amazed at just how many people have decided to attend this event. As you look around, you see that many people appear to be enjoying themselves, mixing freely with...
View ArticleBARRIE HILL REUNION: The Very Long Birth of a Novel
TweetWhen I was eighteen years old, and a drama student at Pace University in New York City, my grandmother came to visit me for the weekend. That Sunday, she took me for brunch at the Algonquin Hotel....
View ArticleHOTEL OBSCURE: A LONG ROAD TO THE BOOK I NEVER THOUGHT I’D WRITE
Tweet Short stories were never my thing. In my youth, with no direction but always a burning passion to write, I wrote one incomplete story after another. One story, however, many decades later,...
View ArticleLOVE, LOOK AWAY: The non-sequel to Molly Hacker Is Too Picky!
Tweet Greetings, friends: I never imagined that I would write a romantic comedy. But in 2009, I published one, Molly Hacker Is Too Picky!, and believe it or not, I didn’t even think of it as a...
View ArticleA RIDE DOWN THE CALIFORNIA COAST … and a big surprise!
Tweet Hello, Friends: I thought I would share some recent photos from a beautiful, albeit quick, trip down the California coast. As I didn’t plan to blog at the time, I’m sorry that I don’t have a...
View ArticleTHE SUM OF OUR SORROWS
Tweet Hi, Friends: I’m happy to announce the publication of my tenth book, a contemporary novel, The Sum of our Sorrows. People often ask me how I get an idea for a particular book. Sometimes, I’m...
View ArticleTHE WAITING HOUSE: A Novel in Stories
Tweet Hello, Friends, My eleventh book, The Waiting House: A Novel in Stories, is here. The title is quite appropriate, as I’ve waited a long time to get it out. Cover art and design by Shykia Bell...
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