• My Blooming Short Stories

    It is funny how things tend to go full circle, or at least they wend their back around in my life. At least that is how it was with my blooming (used for emphasis, not because my short stories are flowers) short stories.  When I first attempted to begin to write, I started with short…

  • I Can Finally Tell THE Secret!

    I’m so excited that I can finally share the secret that has been burning a hole in my brain! I have a book in a Story Bundle! (Curated by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, who invited me!) Yes, I am happy dancing! What is a Story Bundle, you ask? StoryBundle was created to give a platform for…

  • Why Anne Louise Bannon Wrote A Ring for a Second Chance

    I love Pauline’s basic question – why did I write this? The easy answer is at the heart of everything I write, namely, that the freaking characters won’t let me alone. My head can be a noisy place at times. So why did these characters stick with me and not some others? Why did these…

  • New Orleans Helped Me Find My Inner Crazy

    I’ve been playing around with travel posters (I got the idea from NASA), though this week’s “tour” is a real place. We lived in New Orleans for 18 years. That is the longest place I’ve lived anywhere other than where I grew up (which is a tie, since I went to college at 18). New…

  • Book Your Trip Now!

    When ever anyone asks if I would sign up to go to Mars, the answer is always a resounding NO. I have many reasons why I don’t want to go to Mars: I am old. I do not want to leave my family. #GrandmaProject I don’t actually like adversity. I have seen NO ONE guaranteeing…

  • Why Veronica Scott Wrote Two Against the Stars

    In 2016, Pauline and I were the co-creators of the Pets In Space scifi romance anthology and for that volume, I wrote a novella about an alien empathic priestess held captive by the interstellar mob, and how she eventually attains her freedom. I found myself fascinated by the whole alien empath/interstellar mob concept and the…

  • Found Girl Has Landed!

    The eagle—I mean the book—has landed! Found Girl: Project Enterprise 6 is on sale! No more preorder! Yes, I might be happy dancing. In my sad, old lady, dead author way. H Humor me. It feels like it’s been an eternity coming. The last Project Enterprise book released, maybe four or five years ago? Yeah,…

  • Tangled in a Good Promo!

    It’s Monday! Spring arrived! I’m in a pretty good mood (for a change. I know, what IS my problem with Monday? Answering that would make this blog post SO long we’d never get to the good stuff.) My sister and I were rejoicing over spring and she said, “After a history-making winter, we earned this…

  • Why Diana Reep Wrote Kiss’d

    I’m happy to talk about the origin of Kiss’d, a YA romantic adventure. I’ve always been fascinated by history and how ordinary people dealt with tumultuous events. My favorite time period is turn-of-the-century 1900, and the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I triggered an idea for a time-travel romance. After researching the…

  • Why Lynn Charles Wrote Beneath the Stars

    Beneath the Stars is the story about Sid Marneaux, a man whose fashion design business is at a major turning point, and the call to come home to Pennsylvania and help care for his ailing father. While home, he meets another man, Eddie Garner, and a romance begins. At its core, Beneath the Stars is…