“The World Begins at a Kitchen Table No matter what, we must eat to live.” So begins the evocative poem “Perhaps the World Ends Here” by the new…
Tag: writing
KITTENS saving NYPD Detective Chiara Corelli? No Way! I don’t write cozy mysteries. Corelli is a kickass detective. No crafts, dogs or kittens allowed. Yet it happened. And…
Sometimes I walk into a place and it immediately affects me—good or bad. I’ve been known to enter a restaurant, take a whiff, and literally turn on my…
After writing My Forever Hero, set in Australia’s summer, I wanted to focus on a story that takes place in winter. A Canadian one at that, with lots…
The extraordinary Ann Roberts is the editor for my next release. I met her in person the first night I was in Las Vegas for the Golden Crown…
I don’t write for a living. I am a writing teacher by trade. As I’ve said before, I came to writing to save myself. You might have heard…
I am Australian. I love alpine skiing. Like really really love, to the point of obsession. These two things together are problematic, because in Australia we really only…
For some creatives, there’s a moment, a spark when they know they were meant to do something with their art. For others, it comes slowly, and works its…
Picture it: January, 2014. I was enjoying seven months of sobriety and live tweeting the Golden Globes in my pajamas. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were hosting that…
Being a published author of lesbian fiction, for me, is like a dream come true. It’s taken years of preparation to get to this point and now that…