• Path to Adventure Or Tranquility?

    For some reason, paths—and pictures of paths—always catch my attention. I totally get why Hansel and Gretel headed into the woods. When I was a little girl and my parents took us up into the mountains for the day (or night—not as fun, IMHO), we’d spill out of the truck and head for the first…

  • I Was Afraid of the Dark

    Actually, I still am sort of afraid of the dark. If I let loose the dogs of my imagination? Yeah, totally terrified. When the sun goes down, I have to keep those dogs on a tight leash. Otherwise they render a good night’s sleep impossible, either by keeping me from sleep or invading my dreams.…

  • It Started With a Nightmare…Why I Wrote THE LAST ENEMY

    Sometimes I’ll read a book or see a movie and wish I’d written it. It is part of the fun (for me) of being a reader and a writer. Some writers can only bring their writer brain to a book, but for me it is a two-part process. My reader arrives first. I read the…