Six lessons on life I’d tell my 18-year-old self, if I could.
Cassoulet is French comfort food: beans, duck, sausages, and pork cooked together into a tasty bit of heaven. Recipes are regional, and seem to be as hotly contested as mac & cheese in the US. A friend and I tried two different recipes, in hopes of finding one we (and our spouses!) both liked.
Most readers assume that an author gets to give her book its title. Not necessarily so! Here’s a peek inside the world of choosing titles, gleaned from my ten-plus years as a published author.
Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work. — Chuck Close
In 2008 I took a trip to France to research the setting for “Wake Unto Me.”
People often ask me if I get any say about the cover art for my books. Sure I do! But does anything I say end up on the cover? Rarely, which may be for the best. Here’s the story of the cover to Wake Unto Me.
Hey Baby, what’s your paranormal sign?
Forget Scorpions and Lions and Rams; wouldn’t you rather be a Witch or Werewolf or Vampire? And just who really makes a Vampire’s cold dead heart flutter, anyway? Find out below!
What I’m working on now, in the YA genre.
Write the book! Don’t be one of those people who talks about their great idea but never puts it down on paper. Write the book!
It sucks. Here’s my advice on dealing with the suckitude.
Here are a few interviews I’ve done, both old and new.
In October 2010, A Life Bound by Books asked me to tell them a real life spooky story. Here’s what I told them…
A short bio in the third person, for people who want to cut and paste the information.
Photos that can be downloaded for use by bloggers and other media.
Links to my pages on Facebook and Twitter.
