We were talking at my local RWA chapter about what we needed in order to get to the next level in our writing careers, and one lady summed it up with a mournful, “Time.”  It makes me think of the riddles in the dark scene from the Hobbit, where Bilbo can’t think of an answer [...]

Tell us a little about yourself and your company Corn Creative. I’m originally from Northern Virginia, but because of my dad’s work with the CIA, we lived several years in London and Canberra where he worked as a liaison with the embassies there. I’m certain those experiences instilled my passion for travel and exploring other [...]

When I started on my road to publication back in the mid-80s, I didn’t know any other writers lived in the state of Michigan. I’d never spoken to a real author. All my information was gleaned from an out- of-date copy of Fiction Writers Market and what I saw on the bookshelves (which was, of [...]

Many years ago, on one of our trips to Scotland, my family and I visited Culzean (“Cull-ane”) castle in Ayrshire. The gardens soon became the setting of an early scene in Dust to Dust. Even sooner, though—as in, when we returned to the hotel—I realized that the album I’d bought in the gift shop was [...]