🥇 Reader’s Favorite Gold Medal Winner: Women’s Fiction

Savor a breath of fresh salty air in this feel-good story about one woman’s journey back to her daughter . . . back to happiness . . . back to herself.

Feathers in the Sand is ONE YEAR OLD this month!

Celebrate with me with a REALLY BIG (I’m talkin’ 25- 75%) discount:

E-BOOK WAS 3.99
E-BOOK IS NOW ONLY .99 on Amazon
or wherever you get your e-books

PAPERBACK WAS 12.00
PAPERBACK IS NOW ONLY 9.00 on Amazon

*** July 1-31 only ***

What is Feathers in the Sand all about? Continue reading →

Octavia Butler (1947 – 2006) was an American author and a multiple recipient of the Hugo and Nebula awards. Her internationally acclaimed novels that you might be familiar with are Kindred, Parable of the Sower, and Parable of the Talents (although there are many more!).

I love her response when asked about her writing:

I just knew there were stories I wanted to tell. Continue reading →

Back in the “old days,” I was an avid letter writer. There was no such thing as email or texting back in the 70’s when I was in high school and college. I had a few pen pals (one in England, one in Maine) and it was the highlight of my day when I’d receive a HANDWRITTEN letter from one of them. Continue reading →

Okay, I admit it. I laughed out loud when I saw this meme, but the fact of the matter is that there is SO much truth to this. In fact, I’ve just been staring off into space for the last several minutes, putting words and thoughts together to write this blog post! Continue reading →

In my latest novel, Feathers in the Sand, Eva and Kalila make caramel corn to munch on at the theatre.

Want to try it at home? October is the perfect time of year to enjoy this sweet and salty, crunchy, sticky, delicious snack (my husband loves this stuff!)

Ingredients

• 10 Cups of Popped Popcorn
• Salt
• 1 Cup Butter (Sweet Cream Salted)
• 1 Cup Light Brown Sugar
• 2 tsp.

Looking for something good to read?

Here are 53 Empowering, Transformational Fiction books
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You don’t need to read them ALL…
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My first novel, Dragonflies at Night (More Than a Love Story)
is on the list and yes… it’s FREE too! Continue reading →

GOOD NEWS, Y’ALL!

I just found out that Feathers in the Sand won the gold medal (first prize) in the Readers Favorite Awards, category of Women’s Fiction.

I am so happy about this because lately I’ve been in that funk that comes when one story has been “birthed” and another one is gestating. Continue reading →

Click image below for my 30-minute interview with author and podcaster Jennifer Milius of the TufFish show. She asked many thought-provoking and revealing questions about my book, Feathers in the Sand, as well as how I got started writing and what my writing process is like.