For all the women who have touched my life  Happy Mother’s Day! Women of courage Women of valor Your timeless wisdom Enables me To stride through life My head held high Knowing that I am descended from thee. Native woman scraping the earth Share-cropper’s daughter in patches Dreams take flight on the tail of a kite. Roots in black soil still hold them, The river, … Continue reading Women of Courage by Sherri Lupton Hollister 

Oh what a tangled web of deceit! Liars, rakes and fortune hunters plague the young women of Victorian England’s society but professional introduction consultant, Calista Langley with the help of her brother, Andrew manage to keep them at bay. That is until someone starts sending threatening gifts better suited to someone in mourning. Beseeched by a madman, Calista is befriended by one of her would … Continue reading Up All Night to Finish 

Writing the male point of view. As a woman I cannot know what it is to be a man. I can dress in pants and paint on a mustache but I’m still just a woman in drag. I did manage to fool my great aunt into thinking I was my dad one Halloween but it was dark and that was before I opened my mouth.Being … Continue reading From the Male Point of View 

The Harvest Man kept me up wondering what would happen next. This time in forensic history with new thoughts and technologies abounding is exciting all on its own. Add in Jack the Ripper and the cast of characters from the detective squad, victims, families and murderers and the story becomes electric! The narrator, John Curless brings the story to life. His inflection and tone have a … Continue reading My Addiction with Alex Grecian 

Sabrina Jeffries’ The Study of Seduction is the second of The Sinful Suitors Series and if possible it is even better than the first The Art of Sinning. I think the truly mismatched couple of Edwin Barlow, Earl of Blakeborough and Lady Clarissa Lindsey is what makes their story so compelling. On the surface these two should not match.  The tragedies that have shaped their … Continue reading Seduced Again!

He flung open the gates of Heaven With his arms spread wide on a cross  The road to salvation is paved in his blood          a narrow, rocky path  Strewn with trials and tribulations                 The thorns and stones of life With the breaking of his body                   … Continue reading Poem for Easter 

Last Christmas my writing friends Monica and Michaela made me a charm to honor my finished book. I broke it and it broke my heart. I just put it together and decided instead of a keychain I’d use it as a charm for my scarves.     Continue reading Book Jewelry 

When The Holloway Literary Agency answered my query and made an offer to represent my book Chrome Pink, I was beyond excited. When Nikki Terpilowski told me they wanted to represent the whole book not just print or e-book but also film (be still my heart!), audiobook and even the possibility of a graphic novel. Wow! My book as a movie or television show, how … Continue reading Book Alternative