Eclectic writer

Carrie is a fellow member of Jewels of the Quill and a past rival. We were finalists last year in the Dream Realm awards for YA fantasy. S...

1. Which comes first, the characters or the plot? Usually neither. I choose a setting and the time frame, because I use the setting as a maj...

Barbara is one of the Jewels that I've met. She was a very enjoyable and funny person. Janet 1 Which comes first the characters or the...

Here's the first of the promised interviews. Jane Toombs is Dame Turquoise and a long time friend. Since I'm Dame Amber, we do com...

Every writer has their own way of "making words," as my granddaughter said when she was three. "Grandma's making words. B...

This is about beginnings as in writing and came about when I was talking to my friend and co-author of Becoming Your Own Critique Partner pu...

I've seen things on other lists about dragons and how they're depicted. I happen to like dragons but until recently I haven't w...

I must confess I'm addicted to crossword puzzles. Every Sunday morning my husband and I do the NY Times one. I'd like to say we co...

No astrology today. I've been enjoying the snow. We're had more snow today than we've had for the test of the winter. The wo...

While wondering what happens when Astrological opposites meet, I developed three books using this idea. On Opposites Sites pits Jenessa agai...