These posts are all about fashion, hair, sewing and collecting vintage clothing
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 Synopsis This Ravenous Fate (Sourcebooks Fire, August 6, 2024) by Haley Dennings is the first book in a lush Sapphic vampire duology set against the backdrop of Jazz Age Harlem, where desire simmers beneath the surface, and death prowls the night. It’s 1926, and reapers—once-human vampires cursed by a horrifying affliction—are stalking the streets […more…]
Why Look for a Fashion Archeytpe? As I am growing older, I find myself attending more funerals and memorials than I’d like to and while sitting in a church, garden, or hall listening to eulogies, I contemplate my own. What will people say about me when I die? What impression have I left people with? […more…]
I’ve had my book club for over ten years now and as a result we’ve done some great reads with amazing food & cocktails, but discussing FOURTH WING was fire and because of that, I need to share all our amazing Fourth Wing Book Club fun. Firstly, you can’t have a lively book discussion without […more…]
Three New Audio Books (Finally, right?) Folks have been asking about audio books and I tried creating books through Amazon’s ACX for Audible, but the talent I was working with disappeared in the middle of production and yours truly can only afford to do the royalty split production path for audio books at this time. […more…]
I met author Nicole Thorne through Instagram of all places. We shared a love of indie authors, each being one and supporting them. She reached out to me for an article about indie and or self-publishing author services and my experience with them. Below is a portion her article (an interview with yours truly). For […more…]
Starting a Book Lovers Book Club How did I come to need book lover gifts? When I moved to the small hamlet in Texas, just thirty miles south of weird (Austin) I had a hard time making friends as Texans are so darn friendly, I thought everyone I met was going to be my new […more…]
