May, 2016 BLOG Observations Recently, a lot has been going on in my life. I had a rewarding appearance and book-signing at Masada Leather in Athens, GA on April 26th. Smitten, my third novel, was launched on May 5th, at Eagle Eye Book Shop in Decatur, GA. Great crowd, sold a lot of books, but…
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INSPIRATION
INSPIRATION I’m getting very excited about Smitten. I could have had it published by now, but my publisher believes it had tremendous potential. Because of that I’ve been refining every scene and every sentence to make sure it’s the best work I can produce. One might say that my first two novels were good efforts,…
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BECOMING IMMERSED IN THE LITERARY EXPERIENCE
Becoming successful as a novelist can mean many things and take you down an infinite number of paths to success. The path that has come more naturally for me is to involve myself in the writer's community. You might be wondering what that means. To me it meant to get involved in established activities of…
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HAPPY NEW YEAR jl MYSTERY FANS
HAPPY NEW YEAR MYSTERY FANS I’ve started novel number five. Two are published and two more are in line for publishing – and could be available for sale very shortly. My publisher is in the process of designing a cover and making final edit suggestions. Novel number five has the temporary title of TRINITY. It will the…
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