I always wanted to be a world traveler. I grew up on stories of travel, far away countries, and in a multilingual family of immigrants. It always sounded so fun and exotic. As a kid I never thought about how my grandparents felt leaving the only culture they knew, and…
Several years ago, on an absolute whim, I started scribbling down a dual-POV story that had a romance, but not a romance between the POV characters. It was an odd duck. I was writing it for fun – and for a scene that I could not get out of my…
Happy New Year! 2024 has tiptoed into my life on silent cat paws of fog. It’s 8am and I’m slowly enjoying my breakfast as I sit down to write and make my Monday to-do list. I’m grateful that this is happening in a hushed house where most of the family…
Life is funny. As a child, Australia was a far-away fairyland that seemed as reachable as Narnia or Middle-Earth. AND NOW I’M HERE!!! Way, way back in 2006-ish I was on the online writing group called Critique Circle and met an Aussie author named Amy Laurens. She was finishing college,…