Gratitude

Upcoming Author Appearance: I will be one of the vendors at the upcoming Suncrest Retirement Holiday Fair Thursday, December 1, 6—8pm 251 S. 5th Avenue, Sequim

 

NEWS: The Curse of the Neverland now available in Kindle format—

Bad Things Happen to Kids

If you’ve been reading my newsletter for a while, you know I’ve gone through some questioning about who my books (Piper Pan and Her Merry Band) are really for: especially after getting some feedback that the characters I’ve created are too dark for a “pixie dust world.”

I’ve followed this opinion, and have come full […]

Becoming Familiar

One of the loveliest things about books is getting to spend time in other characters’ heads: live their lives, have their adventures, loves, and victories. It’s becoming familiar—intimate, really—with someone else through his or her internal life.

This is the magic of stories: Making “other,” “familiar.”

Such is the case in today’s book recommendation: The […]

Power of Illustrations

Stop by and see me: Saturday, November 12th, 9am—3pm Gardiner Holiday Craft Fair Gardiner Community Center A big welcome to those of you new to my newsletter! Read on for a message about the power of illustrations…

In these weekly notes, I keep you apprised of author appearances and […]

Holiday Season

 

 

At least in regards to the annual emergence of Holiday Fairs, holiday season is definitely here. I have two coming up soon—I’ll have book one and book two for sale at a special holiday price—and I’d love to see you there.

The Piper Pan and Her Merry Band series is […]

Tales of Trees

Are you in or close to Sequim?

Monday, October 17, 6—9pm: OTA Open Mic Night: Free Admission (at Olympic Theater Arts, on Sequim Avenue)

I’ll be reading from The Curse of the Neverland, among all kinds of […]

Beginning Again

I did it this week—I started on book three!

I opened the document, got it formatted, and began writing. I feel pretty mediocre about what I’ve written so far, but I began. Sometimes, simply beginning again is the hardest thing.

As a creative person, you deal with this every time you finish a project. You […]

Piper Pan really for adults?

Over the course of the last 10 days, I’ve had several conversations that have added up to a new possible twist for Piper Pan and Her Merry Band.

A reviewer, a mentor, and a friend all told me (or implied) that these books are not really children’s books. One argued that the dark emotional tone […]

What About Book Three

“Have you written the third book, yet?”

My husband asked me this out of the blue yesterday—surprising me, to say the least. While very supportive, he has never read my books himself. Why was he asking “What about Book Three?”

I shook my head. “Not yet.”

Friendship, Insight, and Growth

Here’s a “children’s” book with a light, bouncy tone stirred with flavors of friendship, insight, and growth. (You know by now that I believe good children’s books are written for all ages.)

The Sugar Mountain Snow Ball, by Elizabeth Atkinson, brings a small dose of the mystical (or magic) into the quotidian lives of 13-year-old […]