Okay, maybe you don’t think editing is sexy, but it feels soooo good and I find that sexy. Seriously, editing it where the fun is, where you turn those first drafts into targeted, crafted masterpieces. I have a wonderful weekly critique group (alpha readers), but before I send it off to them (and beta readers […more…]
I’m currently working on my memoir story, Person in Progress, about a snapshot in time, when I was 21. I sold everything I owned, bought a one-way ticket and a Eurail pass, and backpacked through Europe. And did I mention I only had a hundred dollars in my pocket and was recovering from a sexual […more…]
There’s something poetic about directing a story like The Giver with themes of memory inside a building that holds so much of its own. At Gaslight-Baker Theatre (a historic 1920 venue in the heart of Lockhart, TX) every production feels like a conversation between past and present for me. The theatre itself began as a […more…]
The Girl in the Jitterbug Dress Dances in the Dark The novel is finally available in paperback and ebook. I had wanted to do a much bigger event, but since things really aren’t turning a corner yet with the Covid-19 pandemic, and I’ve had so many requests, I finally, let the novel go into the […more…]
Has anyone else noticed the amount of hate and inequitable critiques indie and self-published authors receive? It got me thinking about editing, story-telling, the art of writing, style, writing fads, goals and what it says about us as human beings. For the purpose of this article, I’m going to refer to indie, hybrid, and self-published […more…]
Mind or Body As a writer who uses music and dance in her stories, I’m always studying, analyzing, and exploring the best way to capture the essence and metaphysical connection we have to music and dance. I’ve also ran into too many dance/music snobs who value melody/composition over beat/rhythm, intellectual listening over visceral feel. One […more…]
In the Realm of Ash and Sorrow a book review by Tam Francis The Synopsis In the Realm of Ash and Sorrow (Eiledon Publishing (August 1, 2020) by Kenneth W. Harmon is a 1940s Historical Fiction set in the doomed city of Hiroshima. When bombardier Micah Lund dies on a mission over Hiroshima, his spirit […more…]
Writing a vintage blog has its perks and this vintage sticker book: The Antiquarian Sticker Book: [Hardcover–Odd Dot; Illustrated edition, March 3, 2020] with over a thousand Victorian stickers is one of them. I was fortunate to be sent one from the publishers to review on this blog. Each page is filled with gorgeous decorative […more…]
