Meet Sorcia

As Halloween approaches, I am sadly reminded that we no longer have our live-in, year-round Halloween decoration – our black cat, Maui. We ...

When the Cosmos Beats You Over the Head With a Sign …

Okay, so last week I was excited about my pre-writing, brainstorming process, but as I started to do actual research, my confidence faltered...

Cut Yourself Loose from the Herd!

I’ve now had a guest blog post from nearly every member of my family -- except one. Well, today, I’m very pleased to introduce you to my hu...

Malevolent Spam

Spam seems to come in waves of pink, sticky goo. We’ve all been barraged by offers of Viagra and various other drugs that can be obtained b...

Timber Creek SKYPE & Happy Birthday Wishes

Yesterday, I had the amazing experience of meeting two high school creative writing classes at Timber Creek High School in Orlando, Florida ...

How Does Your Brain Storm?

Pre-writing. What works for you? When you’re chewing on a story idea, how do you work it all out? Where do you begin? I spend a lot of ti...

The Best of Kansas

In 2007, I hosted a farewell party for my sister’s family, who were moving from Pennsylvania to Kansas. I decided to send out invitations l...

Return to Ticking Tomb

After a family excursion to the White Clay Creek preserve last Sunday, my family stopped at the London Tract Friends Meeting in Landenberg, ...

The 10 Stages of Post-WIP Neurosis

As many of you know, I recently finished the first draft of my WIP. Then I cleaned up the plot holes and added an element it was previously...

How I Got My Film Option

I realized the other day that I’ve never blogged about how I got my film option! A definite oversight on my part! Well, it may not be as l...

Gina's Review: Warriors: Into the Wild

Gina is here today with a review of Erin Hunter's Into the Wild , the first book in the Warriors series. I have to admit, I was unable...

The Trick is To Catch Their Eye

The Collingswood Book Festival on Saturday was my second street fair. The first one was the Mushroom Festival in Kennett Square, PA a few y...

Collingswood Book Festival

I don’t know if I have many blog readers in the New Jersey area, but I’ll be at the Collingswood Book Festival tomorrow, October 2 from 10a...