Thanks for inviting me back to Coffee and a Keyboard, Vanessa. I’m thrilled to be here. As some might recall from my first visit, I work as a virtual book tour coordinator for Pump Up Your Book. So, I knew when Little Shepherd became available, I would be coordinating a tour for it. I’m not [...]

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This is a new feature, I thought would be kind of fun, so we’ll see where it goes. Contrary to what you might be thinking, it’s not a collection of my various mug shots…believe me, you don’t want to see those. I figure since coffee plays an important part in my writing process, I’d share [...]

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Fall. I love it. Even though, this year, it’s totally different. Down here in the land of palm trees and beaches, there are no apple orchards or pumpkin patches. There are scads of haunted houses, but a hayride just isn’t the same when you’re wearing shorts and it’s in the 80′s. I’m not complaining about [...]

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We’ve all done it to some extent, and some are more serious about it than others. I’m talking about people watching. Just everyday out in the world people watching, not peeking through people’s windows kind of people watching. I find myself doing it fairly often when I’m out and about. Usually a snippet of conversation [...]

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I was reading something the other day about work spaces and what makes a good work space etc. As writers, we can technically work anywhere. Yes, most of us have laptops or some electronic device to record our thoughts and words,  but in a pinch, there’s always the old napkin and pen routine. Hell, I’ve [...]

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Still going strong on the Artist’s Way. Yay! Finished chapter 1 and on to chapter 2. One thing that’s been pretty interesting this go ’round is learning new things in each chapter. Very exciting. Other than that, just wanted to bring some attention and some kudos to Cheryl Malandrinos, whose book, “Little Shepherd,” I’ll be [...]

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