February 2020 Author Newsletter
Greetings from Tucson, Arizona! After a week in Tucson, I’m starting to relax. Abandoning Portland this time of year has become a necessity. Today, we walked in rainy 57 degrees–a [...]
Wherein more is revealed
This is a very dull and quiet time of year…if you are a cat. If you are a human, this human, it’s a different story. My brain is racing like a squirrel in a squirrel exerciser as the [...]
The Man Who Wasn’t There – an update of sorts
I haven’t talked much about my new novel lately–The Man Who Wasn’t There. I’ve been too busy getting it finished. Because my writing schedule is so weird, I often need to [...]
The making of Melody Wyatt
Before there was Melody, Emma Golden’s sidekick in the Emma Golden mystery series, there was a Melody. Let me state that a little more clearly. In Book 1, An Unholy Alliance, Melody was a [...]
The Divine Craziness
The Divine Craziness. Of making something, of hitting a vein. Everybody should do this. Give a kid Play-Doh and see what will happen. Once I carefully arranged a bunch of old crayons on a [...]
The week that got away
Last week got away from me, but it was all for the good. A dear friend and I took a mini road trip to Seattle to spend the night and take in the Paul Gaugin exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum. I [...]
Artist’s Date
The Artist Date is a once-weekly, festive, solo expedition to explore something that interests you…think mischief more than mastery…they spark whimsy…. –Julia Cameron, [...]