Wanna-Be Author or Will-Be Author: Which one are you?
What is the difference between a wanna-be author and a will-be author? Well I’m glad you asked (it would have been an uneventful post otherwise). Up until November 1, 2012 I was a wanna-be author. For almost three years I sort-of-kind-of, messed around with the idea of not really writing a book; at least that’s […]
The Stupid in Ghost Hunting….
It started like this – a concerned phone call from my mother; worried that while I was off visiting haunted sites I might bring something back with me…..a paranormal visitor of sorts. Anyone who watches Ghost Hunters, Ghost Adventures, A Haunted, etc., has heard the stories of how spirits attached themselves to a member of […]
The Moon River Brewing Company
From www.freedigitalphotos.net In just over a week, my sister-in-law and I will be on our way to Savannah for a much needed girls weekend. I can’t wait! While I don’t know our entire itinerary – don’t tell Clark Griswold – I’ll never hear the end of it – I can tell you about one stop […]
A Conversation I Had with My Heroine
Heroine -( giggle giggle). I had to double-check the spelling of it. The last thing I want is for people to think I have heroin, in my possession; nevermind that I’d be having a conversation with it. I sat down at my husband’s computer and began logging in. But before the novel-writing festivities could begin, […]
Location and Scenery
Every writer is burdened, to some extent with picking a setting for his or her novel. In my case, I like to pick a setting that carries a certain amount of inspiration with it. I first started writing this novel in Oxnard, California back in 2010. Of course, because I lived in California at the […]
Planning a Spooky Savannah Getaway!!!
December is bringing more than just Christmas. Next month my sister-in-law and I will be celebrating strange and mysterious bumps in the night (sounds other than me bumping into walls or doors because I don’t remember where I am). What better place to look for spooks than Savannah, Georgia, reportedly the most haunted city in […]
If I Suddenly Woke Up with Psychic Visions……
I’d get my head examined….literally. Since the main character in my book basically has this very strange phenomenon happen to her, I dove into this topic looking for scientific explanations of psychic visions. Since most of what I found is boring and consists of very large words I can’t pronounce, let alone spell, I decided […]
The Magic of Herbs
Herbs, herbs everywhere. When it comes to cooking, this fiction writer is no stranger to using herbs. Rosemary and Thyme happen to be my two favorite herbs to cook with. But when I was goofing around on the Internet (a phenomenon that happens often) I stumbled upon an Internet site that sold herbal mixes for […]
How Many Different Kinds of Psychics Are There?
For my work-in-progress I wanted to narrow my main character’s gifts down to three specific areas; so I embarked on a virtual quest to find out more about psychic specialties. I could write a book just on the information I found out. The first website I landed on; The Tarot Lady, I found an article […]
From Rising Flames – A Letter to Rhiannon (A Character Created by Jamie McHenry)
***SPOILER ALERT – IF YOU HAVEN’T READ THE BOOK YET DON’T READ THIS**** Dear Rhiannon, In the first book, On Fallen Wings, the author had your fiance murdered, forced you to steal scrolls and then had you kicked out of the Fae. Now in the second book, From Rising Flames, that same author had your house burned […]