I'm so excited by the support of the DCP Facebook group during the launch of the Dead Children's Playground Novel. I received great comments and even a photo on Christmas morning showing each family member holding a copy of the book they received as a present! Most of you know exactly where the ... Read more »
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Ballet and Bus Rides
I love to teach ballet and write instructional books but I also love to write fiction. How did the two collide? Growing up in New Orleans was a special experience, both sensual and tactile. The smell of roasting coffee. Oyster shells. Camellias and magnolia blossoms. The touch of mimosa, wrought ... Read more »
When it’s Cold in the South…
The Cold... Temperatures this mid-February week are way below what is "normal" in the South, and the freezing cold reminds me of a story from this time of year... The Tournament... I went to a really small all-girls Catholic high school in New Orleans, St. James Major, and the cold weather this ... Read more »
Dead Children’s Playground – Facebook Page to Novel
Well, it's finally happening! The Amazon Pre-Order for the novel, Dead Children's Playground will open this week with a release date of Tuesday, October 26! Excited is too tame a word! The gestation of DCP has been longer than the eighteen to twenty-two months it takes to give birth to an ... Read more »
Pandemics and Pronouncements
I first wrote The Last Plague as a pilot episode for a binge television series in early 2019. Not because I'm prescient. Or that I somehow saw the coming pandemic. Not at all. I've just always been fascinated by pronouncements made by scientists that were later discovered to be false. "X-rays ... Read more »
Between Hurricanes and Halloween!
On Saturday morning, I was awakened by tornado sirens. Never a good thing. The watches and warnings generated by Hurricane Delta came in bands of intense storms over the next two days. I would say I'm glad it's over, but it isn't. Hurricane season runs through the first week of November. Which ... Read more »