Well, the incredible writing journey I am on continues. I remember driving down to Seattle with fellow Young Adult author Stacey R. Campbell, who wrote the fun “lost royal princess” mystery titled Hush, with a list of bookstores to visit. The very first on our list was University Book Store in Seattle, the largest independent…
Peter Hobbs, the author, book reviewer, and interviewer extraordinaire sat me down long enough and asked the tough questions. (A Herculean task akin to rounding up squirrels in a motocross globe.) An exchange of writing philosophies took place. Within this cool back and forth I shared one of the unused covers for my upcoming original…
Here is where I get to officially shout: COMING SOON This is not the final cover to The Conversationalist . . . only a parody. Kriss Morton, Cabin Goddess, came up with this image after hearing the title. Kipling told her she wanted to be a star. If you need Kipling for your own book covers,…
Cannon Beach is all about restoring balance . . . spirit, and thoughts about gratitude. Haystack Rock is a 235-foot (72-meter) sea stack in Cannon Beach, Oregon. It is sometimes claimed locally to be the third-tallest such “intertidal” (meaning it can be reached by land) structure in the world, but there are no scientific…
I have neglected A Writer’s Life blog too much over the past month or two since the Green Darner Press version of Sandcastle and Other Stories was published. “Put the book down already, and grab my tennis ball—now!” Even Kipling and Zippy are starting to wonder about my priorities. All the pets, Ajax the Gray…
Hello everyone. This incredible and delicious cake with umbrella attached was made by my hosts in celebration of my first reading. I cannot thank them enough. Wow. Here is where my book sits on the Chapter One Bookstore shelves. I love being next to Bohjalian and Boyle. Unglaublich! I feel like I’ve been neglecting my…
I apologize in advance for taking so much time placing the next heady and curious Top 10 List of music that helps shape and form a creative artist. Life sometimes gets in the way—yet remains curious and fulfilling, especially with new music to listen to. So far, I’ve featured a variety of authors, and Jason…
One of the most surreal moments of my life happened last year when the Green Darner Press publisher called and wanted to meet with me to talk about working together as a team to produce future work–the end result? Sandcastle and Other Stories. Here is the new logo for Green Darner Press. The Green Darner…
The third story from Sandcastle and Other Stories is dedicated to my mother. The photos are of The Girls, Myrtle and Lucille (who I called twins even though they were three years apart in age and different mutts of the 57 variety.) The Girls and my mother all passed away in 2008. She (and the…
Dreama Walker plays Becky in Compliance, the new-to-DVD film–a film that induces shudders and pushes buttons to make viewers angry, surprised, and disgusted at how complicit everyone in the movie became. Anger and sadness mixing, people can be so awful to each other. Compliance is a psychological study of perversion carried out by gullible people…