I watch you watch life through the rear view mirror not knowing what you’ve seen until it has passed and only then a backward reflection I watch you watch us fading into the distance looking passed our future never knowing I was left behind, lost in your blind spot I watch you leave and know…
Tag: writing
Set the mood, don’t ruin it
Some readers love descriptive detail that transports them to another place or time. Others, not so much. So, how does one walk that very fine live to satisfy as many readers as possible? First, you have to know your reader. Are you writing to an audience that loves sumptuous detail and the power of beautifully…
Time Out of Mind (part 4)
Previously: In ancient Rome, Peter prepares to execute Katrina. Droplets of moisture dribbled down the stone walls of the Roman prison. Katrina found herself alone, frightened. How could she correct things in her current life, when she was powerless in this one? She wondered. Rattling outside the door alerted Katrina to someone’s approach. The wooden…
New review of The Wolf at His Door
From the review: “Overall the storyline was outstandingly captivating, oozes brilliance and is well paced.” Read the full review! Add The Wolf at His Door to your shelf on Goodreads.
Time Out of Mind (part 3)
Previously: After Katrina is hit by a car, Peter is torn, blaming himself for her accident and the fight which prompted her to run into the street. His guilt is compounded by Katrina’s mother’s reaction to her daughter’s horrid condition. Siting in a empty waiting room, Peter is confronted by an odd, old woman who…
Writing an Outline
Some writers swear by the outline, others …meh. Personally, I tend to write novels that are a bit convoluted, so I find an outline immensely helpful. I recently released The Wolf at His Door, and I am currently working on The Wolf in His Arms, the second book in the trilogy. In the second book…
Suffering the slings and arrows of reviews (one author’s POV)
Many authors have a love/hate relationship with reviewers. We love the ones who rate us high (4 or 5 stars) and hate the ones who don’t. I feel this is a poor approach. I’ve had a number of good reviews and a few that have smarted a bit. I have found, however, that most bloggers…
Time Out of Mind (Part 1)
Head resting in the palm of his hand, eyes fixated on a car parked across the street, Peter sat in The Victorian Parlor Cafe. The bright pink, painted tin ceiling and Victorian-era dolls and decor (that bordered on creepy) failed to cheer him. Very soon, Katrina, his fiancée, would join him. He thought of her…
Five elegies (elegy 5: the victim)
bound by blood red ribbons that had held her hair, a cloak of black engulfs her head— blinding her eyes, stifling her pleas as she awaits the next touch of his cold blade. She feels only her naked skin and open wounds, cold and hot, but has lost the ability to feel her body in…
Five elegies (elegy 4: the boyfriend
He stares at her picture: golden highlights, swinging in the hammock next to him. she was so wonderful to touch. her last breath is a question to him: her thoughts, prayers. What did he do to her before she died? How much did she suffer? he digs his nails into his gray sheets, wondering: where…
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