Vision Boards for Artists, Writers, and Managers: Seeing It Is Believing It
I was making vision boards back in Medieval Times (aka, my college days). I had a fridge door covered in GQ cut-outs of hot punk men with thunderbolt earrings and turned-up collars and several poster boards…
What Are You Working On?
A small, dense object only twelve miles in diameter is responsible for this beautiful X-ray nebula that spans 150 light years. At the center of this image made by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory is…
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…
Following Your Bliss…into Debt…and Recovering with a Muse
Photo from Summer 2007 when Spilled Candy Books had 30+ books in print, 15+ authors, before downsizing through a difficult family crisis immediately followed by hurtful allegations that were proven untrue. There’s a saying—a wonderful…
Facets We Never See Make Us One-Dimensional
Photo, left: my Joan of Arc action-adventure thriller with the uber-sexy cover–and the only way some people remember me. Three observations: 1. Most people are multi-faceted. 2. Most people see only one facet of another…
Why Even a High Priestess Needs to Do Housework
“How can I ever live a mundane life?” Two years ago, I sat at Melissa’s kitchen table and sipped the hot chai tea her husband had made for me while our kids played Neopets computer…
