My mind, where novels are born…

And you wonder where I come up with all these “novel” ideas. My dreams are just plain weird sometimes. My dream last night was trippy. I was driving through a haunted neighborhood in an Indian reservation in South Dakota (the buildings were in Tudor style) and drove into a building (but somehow, not literally), got […]

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Underland: What sort of nonsense is this anyway?

“Hello Hortie,”  Lizzie said, remembering to use Hortensia’s preferred nickname of choice.  “Your books are amazing.” “I didn’t know you read…or liked to read, rather,” Hortensia said, stumbling over trying to not accidentally insult the girl’s intelligence.  What she had meant to say was that she had never seen her with any books during her stay with her.  Of course, […]

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Lady From Day

When I originally finished Lady From Day, I had absolutely no intention of publishing it directly myself.  A year later I started on my first NaNo novel, which (as it was easier) was built on the world of Orinda (the second “tale”).  I had considered self-publishing Lady From Day at that point, as The Great […]

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