Wait, Is That Cruella Deville?

I’m thinking out loud here so I’m warning you ahead of time- things could get scary. Very scary. As many of you know, HATSHEPSUT: FEMALE PHARAOH is in the hands of my first round of beta readers. I’ll get the full run-down in a couple weeks when we...

Ticking Time Bomb

Yesterday I mentioned my self-imposed deadline for HATSHEPSUT: FEMALE PHARAOH so today I thought I’d elaborate a bit. When I first set out to write this book I gave myself three years just to finish it. I’m not sure if that meant to write it through the...

Angry Music

I’ve been writing the second to last chapter of my book for a few days now. Everything was humming along quite nicely- I had the rough plot outlined in my head and a couple scenes that I’d been envisioning for months now. I plugged away, got those two...

The Pyramids or Luxor?

I’m going on a Mediterranean cruise in a couple weeks which is incredibly exciting. There are a whole slew of wonderful ports we’ll be stopping at- Athens, Rhodes, and Ephesus to name just a few. But the real reason I chose this particular itinerary is...

Why Am I Blogging?

Almost a year and a half ago, I started writing a novel. It’s been a long (and sometimes painful) process, but I’m beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel now that I’m close to the 400 page mark.Writing a novel is a big change for me-...