Double-Dip Demise Goes on Tour!

Posted on November 9, 2026 · Leave a Comment

The Double-Dip Demise blog tour is HERE! Join me today at Women on Writing where my good friend and long-time tour host Crystal Casavant-Otto is kicking off the festivities with an author interview and book giveaway. 

The tour, which runs through December fourteenth, features book reviews, author spotlights, and guest posts by yours truly. This week I’ll be talking about the sweet escape of living vicariously through your writing and the importance of platonic friendships in YA fiction.

Check out the launch interview here, and enter the giveaway!

 

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Happy Halloween!

Posted on October 31, 2026 · Leave a Comment

Happy Halloween! It’s the best night of the year, and for me, a fitting end to a perfect October. It rained for most of the month, and I spent nearly every evening reading on my porch, bundled up and enjoying the cool autumn air. My daughter, who … [Continue reading]

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The Season of Change

Posted on September 28, 2026 ·

It’s the first day of fall break and I’m in my backyard, listening to the rain and the sound of the mesquite tree swaying in the breeze. It’s eight o’clock in the morning and I have the whole day ahead of me.  Last week at work, a fellow teacher … [Continue reading]

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“Music Box” Wins Editor’s Pick in Writing Contest

Posted on August 21, 2026 ·

I’m honored to announce that my micro memoir “Music Box” was selected as an Editor’s Pick for Five Minute Lit’s first Micromemoir Marathon.  The contest ran for twenty-six days in May, inviting writers to submit to one or more of twenty-six … [Continue reading]

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Sweet Dreams Book #3 Is Here!

Posted on July 15, 2026 ·

Christmas in July has officially arrived, and with it, the third book in the Sweet Dreams series! If you like your cozy wintry reads served with a scoop of charm and a sprinkle of murder, you're going to love this one. Christmas is around the … [Continue reading]

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Perseverance and the Sunk Cost Fallacy

Posted on June 30, 2026 ·

There comes a point in the writing of a novel when you have to make a choice. Stay the course, or move on. I’ve never left a project unfinished with no intention to return, but I’ve shelved works in progress when the time just didn’t feel right to … [Continue reading]

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Everything Counts

Posted on May 29, 2026 ·

A recent article in Literary Hub explored the phenomenon of super-readers, those extra-devoted bookworms who read anywhere from one hundred to several hundred books a year. How do they manage this staggering output? Are they speed-readers? Are they … [Continue reading]

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Can You?

Posted on April 30, 2026 ·

As a lifelong Stephen King fan, I have a handful of the master of horror’s books in regular rotation. In any given year I’m likely to reread The Stand, Pet Semetery, Firestarter, Different Seasons, It, or The Shining, just to name a few favorites. … [Continue reading]

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Spring Break (Again)

Posted on March 31, 2026 ·

Okay, I'm cheating a little. Technically I already had my Spring Break, a lovely two weeks off from work in which I spent an inordinate amount of time reading books and enjoying the quiet. Now I'm back at work but on a two-week break from school—much … [Continue reading]

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Unexpected Gifts

Posted on February 28, 2026 ·

Once or twice a year I’m reminded powerfully why writing and sharing our stories is so important. Usually the reminder is in the form of an email sent by a stranger. I can’t express what these unexpected gifts in my inbox mean to me. They often seem … [Continue reading]

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