More and More People are Getting Back to Gardening It’s happening for a variety of reasons. For some of you it’s all about having control over the quality of the food you eat. For others it’s also about having a source of food beyond what’s available in the local...
Recently I Announced My Decision To Indie Publish Two Of My Novels. A little over a month ago, I shared my decision and why I came to this conclusion. You can read about it here: Writing Tip: Indie Publishing—When is it Right? I have to say I was pleasantly surprised...
What’s Your Favorite Homemade Soup? If I had to choose an all-time favorite soup from my childhood it would be homemade cream of potato soup. No one could make it like my Grandma, and whenever I visited, I would request it. And if I was home from school...
In 2010 I won a Best Fiction Award and had three agents ask for my full manuscript. I was attending the SCWC (Southern California Writers Conference) and had submitted pages as an Advanced Read. One of those agents was based in New York and asked me to give him first...
When I was a youngster, I read a folktale called Stone Soup. I was so impressed with the cleverness of this story I never forgot it. It’s the tale of a tired and hungry traveler, who enters a small village with nothing but an empty cooking pot and a stone. He sits up...
Being outside in nature is the most basic part of who I am. Besides gaining knowledge about wildlife, I learn lessons about who I am, and surprise myself about what I am capable of achieving. Nature continually inspires me. It is a part of all my writings, no matter the genre or subject matter.
Being outside in nature is the most basic part of who I am. Besides gaining knowledge about wildlife, I learn lessons about who I am, and surprise myself about what I am capable of achieving. Nature continually inspires me. It is a part of all my writings, no matter the genre or subject matter. 
