Tag: paranormal

  • Fable 5 Saved My Fables

    Fable 5 Saved My Fables

    A beta reader stole this novel in the early ’90s, so I shelved it for thirty years. When I finally finished it, something still felt off. Then Claude’s Fable 5 named the problem in seconds.

  • Writers, Rejection, and the Law of Attraction

    Writers, Rejection, and the Law of Attraction

    The last book I wrote for Silhouette’s now-defunct Bombshell action-adventure line, with the fabulous Natashya Wilson as my editor. Loved this story, loved my editor. And yes, it’s very dark for anything Silhouette has ever produced. This article is from the upcoming book, 23 Ways I Screwed Up My Life with the Law of Attraction—and…

  • The Child Who Calls to Me

    The Child Who Calls to Me

    Although my daughters are teens now, they still call me the same thing they did as little girls. “Mommy.” Except around their friends. They try to be cooler than and just not call me anything. I like being called “Mommy,” so as they’ve gotten older, I’ve never discouraged it or insisted they call me “Mom”…

  • Ghosts in the Mirrors

    Ghosts in the Mirrors

    Click on the pics in this post for larger views. Back in college, one of my term projects was to find and point out erotic objects in advertising as part of my demonstration of how subliminal advertising works. Yes, there were plenty of phallic symbols–some VERY plain–in the shadows and curves of liquor ads. I’ve…

  • Dowsing for Men

    Dowsing for Men

    I highly suspect that my kids aren’t growing up in a normal boring household in suburbia. How can I call anything paranormal when it’s all pretty normal for me? And if my kids have a warped sense of who I am—or what others might consider warped—it probably started when they were little. “Mommy, my friend’s…