Read her work in the anthology Saltwater Sorrows– edited by Rhonda Parrish (Tyche Books) You won’t make it far in writing circles without hearing the question come up: Do you write with music? Sound? Silence? The answers are as varied as the writers giving them. I can only speak with…

Thrilled and honored to be included in this absolutely gorgeous anthology to benefit the Ukraine, edited by the fabulous Fran Eisemann. All stories, poems, and artwork were donated, and 100% of the profits will go to charities for Ukraine. The stories are just what I have come to expect from…

FREE on @Smashwords on December 15th – January 1st I’m excited to announce my books, Dirk Quigby’s Guide to the Afterlife, The Truth of Fiction, and Pandora’s Card Game will be FREE on @Smashwords on December 15th – January 1st follow me for more updates #SmashwordsEoYSale

So – New Year’s resolution – I’m writing updates daily. What do I have to write about? 1) I’m moving to Spain! Kevan, Max and I will leave for Barcelona at the end of January. Having lived in Mexico, Max already speaks Spanish 2) My new book, Gods & Monsters…

this is second day of blogging. Things to do: I have to find good homes for my hundreds of books before my move to Spain. I will try the library. What will I miss about Utah? – My birds- I do bird rescue in the summer. One year we rescued…

This year I got a gig as a Che Guevara Christmas Elf at Happy Family Skating Rink. My friend plays a Chairman Mao elf. We don’t really have to do anything but glide around and look cheerful. It’s a new kind of Christmas, more modern, more edgy. Most of the…

I promised to blog daily and have realized that ain’t gonna happen. So now I’m scaling back to once a week. What’s up? I am rolling up paintings to take to spain and for a secret project here in the states. It’s a LOTTA rolls. I placed second in an…

Hi! Happy holidays to everyone, whatever holidays you celebrate – or even if you don’t celebrate any holidays at -all celebrate life! Great advice from me ! Also, great advice for me. I’m like Alice in wonderland -Alice often gave herself good advice, and seldom took it.  It’s easier to…

Next year I have a novel, Gods & Monsters, being serialized, illustrated and narrated in segments by me, E.E. King “The Miwok and Ohlone who inhabited California thought that the redwoods housed evil spirits,” a voice in the wind says. “They wouldn’t live beneath the towering giants that kept sun and stars…

I had a crazy trip to LA which involved losing a tooth (very careless I know.) and two auto accidents. On the way down I was rear ended- and on the way up I spun out on black ice and went wheeling across the freeway. I’m fine though- packing for…

I was one of two Winners of the Art Contest: “Expressions of Gender Equity and Feminism”, organized by the Community Art Channel. Because of this they awarded me a solo (online) show, both as a youtube and on google! They did a beautiful job and I’m so grateful to them.…

@Addison, Campbell, Flores, Goyan, King & Wong. I have a poetry group of 5 women- now 6–(we just inducted Tara Campbell into our sect- and a very fine addition she is) I give a prompt and they send me lines which I weave together- and we just sold our first…

HEAR YE, HEAR YE Submissions to the 2024 Washington DC Science Fiction Association (WSFA) Small Press Award are now open! They’ll close on March 31, 2024 at 11:59pm. The award showcases the best original short fiction published by small presses in the previous year (2023).  A small press is defined…

This is around the corner from my new apartment. I LOVE IT, even though we have no furniture or lights. I am seriously Jet lagged but happy -AND – I LUCID DREAMED last night- or rather today -it’s 11:00 pm here now-   I had to go to the police…

Today began the serialization of my novel Gods & Monsters. The Absolutely amazing Maria Korolov who spearheads MetaStellar Magazine made it happen, with masterful editing from Sophie Gorjance Each week for almost a year we will release a section and also an audio of me reading that section. The book is…

It Takes A Village The Book will officially be available for pre-order on December 21ST! The book was firmly, gently, and brilliantly edited by Sophie Gorjance. With her guidance and recommendations, the book grew and improved. Mitchelle Lumumba is also owed many thanks for her keen eye and attention to…

I am writing this In a Costa Rican jungle where monkeys, scarlet macaws, and toucans are more plentiful than Internet signals.   This post will be a mix of travel blog and book news. I will tell you about one fabulous anthology that’s coming out and a prize-winning novel as…

Oh, it’s been too long! Too long since I wrote about all the fabulous anthologies and onlines I’ve been fortunate enough to have been in! One of the best parts of being a writer is receiving and reading all these great anthologies- I want to write about each tale and…

  My story The Ham & Cheddar Coast is in The Hamthology! The Hamthology is a  Hamcentric anthology –  I’m a vegetarian, and I originally wrote the tale as The Cheddar Coast for Sally Short’s fabulous New Short Fiction series all about summer and sand. My piece.  The Cheddar Coast was about…