Narratively speaking, would you rather have description served dense, like pound cake, or light, like sponge cake? I confess that most times now a little description goes a long way, if it's well considered and carries the flavor of the character through whose eyes...

You can tell by that silly post title that my head's in a bit of a spin. Today I bring you one of my life's more surreal moments....         These are ARCs, or Advance Reading Copies. They aren't the finished book, but they are very close....

We have back cover copy! Here it is: “I remember the borders of our land, though I have been gone from them nearly half the moons of my life. But who there will remember me? What I have seen, what I have done, it has changed me.   I am the place where two rivers meet,...

The galleys for Burning Sky have been turned in (a day early!). Thanks to everyone who wished me well and prayed me through. I finished them up before lunch, and so I decided to take a quick trip to the grocery store for supplies, then take the rest of the afternoon...

On Tuesday, March 26, I celebrated 14 years since my diagnosis with cancer, and one year since the signing of my first book contract. Today, March 28, I mark another milestone, and I've celebrated the life, and home-coming, of someone who was there at the beginning of...

A sticky note of sorts to say... while I'm waiting for galleys for Burning Sky, which will be my last chance to make any changes to the story (a sobering thought for this fiddler), I will be tackling: 1. Preparing two finished manuscripts (one set in 1793-94, the...

Just a quick housekeeping note. I recently made commenting on the blog available to everyone, even anonymous posters, having been alerted that certain accounts were unable to post with the limitations I'd had in place. I also decided to leave that pesky word...

I buy a lot of used books about history. Most of the time it's Colonial, Revolutionary, early Federal and Native American history. But now and then I find I need a book on some aspect of Scottish history too. For the past couple of months, when I haven't been working...

A trip to the library to scoop up a bag full of books... An emotionally engaging story to listen to on the journey there and back...   I feel better already!

... Just ain't happenin'! Copy Edits for Burning Sky arrived today and work on them is underway. But a writer has to take a break sometime, and when I do here's what I'm reading: Love In A Broken Vessel Mesu Andrews Revell An Epic Journey of Intimacy, Rejection,...