Seeing your words explode into images on the canvas is truly thrilling! When the pictures words conjure in my mind sync with the vision of a painter or collage artist, a warm flame fills my heart. This fall I was honored to be a part of the Art and Words Show that is […]
Continue readingNew Flash Fiction Inspired by Alaska
Travel awakens the muse. My recent, bucket-list trip to Alaska has inspired me to begin sharing my flash fiction here again. From Juneau’s coastal beauty to Denali National Park’s defiant, wild peaks, Alaska was worth every penny saved and mile flown. She shared many stories… and inspired a few of mine… Fierce Gray […]
Continue readingCurious and Grateful for My Learning Curve
Who said growth was comfortable? 2018 has been a growing year for me–a year that stretched my mind, challenged my skills and sometimes worried my soul. It was a year when I asked myself, over and over, is my art getting too political? And it was the year that I decided, unless one lives […]
Continue readingCollaborating With A Visual Artist Sparked Creative Transformation
Who knew collaborating with an artist could be such a fun learning experience? I don’t mind telling you, when I signed up to collaborate on a project with another member of Women in the Visual and Literary Arts, I was a little nervous. While I have always wanted to try collage, my visual art […]
Continue readingA Halloween Poem for Readers & Writers
Happy Halloween, readers, writers & friends! To celebrate one of my favorite nights of the year, here’s a spooky, new poem. It was inspired by the photo above (thanks to Jerry Shafer). Night Ghosts Carve gourdish ghouls by lamplight, they shan’t contain our fervor to just one night. Ancestors dance by bonfires […]
Continue readingBook Reviews: Can Cleveland and Bohjalian Live Up to the Hype?
Can a book get too much praise? Reviews help me decide what to pull from my heaping TBR pile, and when I read good reviews from readers whom I trust, my expectations are high. These expectations led me to look at two recent thrillers in different ways. Readers have raved about the clever plot […]
Continue readingGet Curious About Fiction
Do you love to read short fiction? I know I do! I have a tiny little problem with buying too many collections of short stories, and my TBR pile threatens to fall onto the floor. Fiction fans, I am excited to report that I was invited to join a fun reader’s resource, Curious Fictions. […]
Continue readingHorror Author Jae Mazer: My Three Favorite Books
Author Jae Mazer has a penchant for all things horror, supernatural, science fiction, and beyond. She likes to spin a good yarn, draw readers deep into tense tales, and support fellow fiction writers! I had the pleasure of presenting with her on a panel on horror writing at Comicpalooza Houston 2018, and I’ve become […]
Continue readingStrange Angels-Excerpt from my “The Angels of Pont-Saint-Esprit”
Can we find magic in strange truths? This is the question I asked myself when I read about the bizarre history of villagers experiencing hallucinations following a mysterious mass-poisoning in France in 1951. Truth is indeed stranger than fiction, and it fired my muse to create my flash story “The Angels of Pont-Saint-Esprit.” Enjoy […]
Continue readingCooling Breeze of Gratitude
This May saw the excitement of my new release, Enduring Spirit: Stories at Comicpalooza Houston. I was thrilled to experience the community of writers and readers there sharing their love of fantasy, horror and science fiction! Texas talents such as Melissa Algood, Jae Mazer, and Diane Prokop, and others, were generous and helped me share […]
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