Eclectic writer

Villains and villainesses are among my favorite characters to create. They come in many guises. There are those whose goals are merely in ...

Celebrated my 72nd birthday the other day and realized 40 years had passed since I published my first short story. There were a number of y...

I do not have writer's block. Now I admit I've sometimes procrastinated when faced with a difficult scene but this seldom lasts lon...

Dee is another of my Jewels of the Quill friends. We've met several times at EPICon and have enjoyed talking about many things. 1 Which...

I met Karen years ago in Omaha at an Epic conference. When I first heard about the Jewels of the Quill, I hoped one day I'd be consider...

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...