I’ve been struggling with revising the beginning of The Next Novel. Not because I don’t know what happens to set my protagonist on her journey—I do. I can see her history winding behind her like a river, pretty far back, before it curves out of… Read More
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2023: My “Wonka Year”
Looking over my shoulder, I think about 2023 as my “Wonka year” (“You see: nobody ever goes in… and nobody ever comes out.”). No sooner had On Good Authority hit shelves (my debut novel! the stuff of my wildest dreams!) than I disappeared… or, at… Read More
The Write Scent: TOMIE (BPAL x Junji Ito)
I have generously been given, to review, Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab’s new collaboration with Junji Ito: TOMIE perfume oil, inspired—of course—by the horrific (and brilliant, socially critical, feminist) graphic novel of the same name.
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Maybe you’ve heard the saying that the only thing a first draft has to be is finished. But that’s easier said than done. How do you go from writing a beginning to writing “The End?”
ON GOOD AUTHORITY has ARRIVED
That’s right! The kinky, upstairs-downstairs, Victorian Gothic, Romantic Suspense novel of my heart is officially out in the world! If you’re not sure if this book is for you, don’t worry–I’ve been busy, and I gotcha covered. Here are some options for dipping your toe in:
The Write Scent: Vase de Lilas a la Fenetre , A Tudor House in Moonlight & The Houses at the Back, Frosty Morning
Using scent to tell a story — scent reviews and inspired prompts for fiction and non-fiction writers.
The Write Scent: Snake Oil
Using scent to tell a story — scent reviews and inspired prompts for fiction and non-fiction writers.
The Write Scent: Noisy Goose Moon & A Wet Moon, Putney Road
Using scent to tell a story — scent reviews and inspired prompts for fiction and non-fiction writers.
Cover Reveal for ON GOOD AUTHORITY
“…The way some women long to be rescued, I have always longed to be captured.”