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A Trip to France

My house is about 125 years old, one of the oldest still-standing structures for my American city, but from where I’m writing here in France,

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An etching of a house and landscape with an ultra realistic sun flower as the sun

Cool Fan Stuff

Recently I was invited to attend a book club to speak about It’s Over or It’s Eden. I was very eager to talk with the

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Themes in My Work

I started keeping a journal in ninth grade, paused for college, and then restarted it when I was in the Peace Corps. I enjoy going

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etching with realistic moon

My Writing Office

I spend a considerable amount of time in the little room with purple walls right off the dining room of my house. It started as

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How I Title My Books

I recently got a slew of new reviews for It’s Over or It’s Eden on Amazon and Goodreads. As a reader, I find reviews incredibly helpful

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Seven Months Later

The six month anniversary of It’s Over or It’s Eden passed me by in a whirlwind of edits on my next book.  When I published It’s

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A Note from Arwen

Hey, I don’t know if anyone’s ever going to read this. The likelihood that someone picks this up is…pretty low given I’ve not seen a single

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Character Aesthetics

Before I started writing It’s Over or It’s Eden, even before I outlined the book, I wrote up character descriptions. I believe great fiction is

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4 Books Like Mine

Comparable Books to It’s Over or It’s Eden You can learn more about It’s Over or It’s Eden on my Stories Page, but if you’re trying to

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