Friday This rainbow greeted me first thing this morning. It’s Valentine’s Day here in Guam, but honestly I didn’t even have it on my radar until we went into the NEX/commissary on base yesterday. Oh, look! Balloons! Flowers! We picked up a box of chocolates for today, but each of us had one last night… Continue reading February 14, 2025
Tag: fiction
January 19, 2025
Sunday Håfa Adai is the traditional Chamorro greeting in Guam. It’s pronounced “half-a-day.” I’m back to keep this journal on my website. I remember the first “computer” journal I ever kept. It was way back in the mid-80s when I was in high school and taking a beginner computer class. I think we were using… Continue reading January 19, 2025
Book Cover Reveal
On Monday my second Olivia Lively, PI mystery book, NIGHT MOVES, went up for sale on some of the major retail sites. The title is ready for pre-order. Hooray! Book designer Deirdre Wait created yet another stand-out cover, and I think the purple and orange color and Liv’s big, yellow sunglasses will temp readers to… Continue reading Book Cover Reveal
This or That
What I read this week.
One Step Closer
So this morning I’m listening to Christina Perri’s A Thousand Years and of course my mind flashes to the Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer and how every time I watch the movies, I like them more. I never read the books, if I’m being totally honest, but they were a favorite of someone in my… Continue reading One Step Closer
New Year, New Focus
Lately, I’ve been feeling even more squirmy about the tangled mess that is authorship, marketing, publishing, PR, building a readership, and social media.
Book Review: Principles of (E)motion by Sara Read
A modern and “mathical” fairy tale perfect for our times.
Free Fiction: Holidazed
Happy Holidays to you, my wonderful readers. As my gift to you, here is a sneak peek at my current book in progress. Lola Nolan is a former teen idol once paired with co-star hottie Lance Romero both onscreen and off–until he broke her heart. Now they are heading toward 30 and thrown together again… Continue reading Free Fiction: Holidazed
Book Review: YELLOWFACE by R.F. Kuang Part II
This is a continuation of my review Part 1. If you missed it, click HERE. Social Media is Bad Sauce As cringe-worthy as Kuang makes the publishing arena out to be in her amazing work of fiction, Yellowface, she holds another industry in even greater contempt. Social media. In case you aren’t aware, the platforms… Continue reading Book Review: YELLOWFACE by R.F. Kuang Part II
Book Review: YELLOWFACE by R.F.Kuang Part I
Spoiler alert: If you don’t want to know anything ahead of time, wait and read this later. I won’t tell everything, but I do mention some things. Continue at your own risk. When you read R.F. Kuang’s disturbingly funny novel about publishing and literary theft, prepare to be unsettled. If you are a reader, you… Continue reading Book Review: YELLOWFACE by R.F.Kuang Part I