Friend? Enemy? Or Both?

Friend? Enemy? Or Both?

You’ve no doubt heard of the term frenemy. Wikipedia defines a frenemy as “a person with whom one is friendly, despite a fundamental dislike or rivalry.” This term can also describe a competitive friendship. And this is exactly the dynamic we see...
Summer Reading 2022

Summer Reading 2022

It’s that time of year! When I was a kid I *loved* those Scholastic catalogs we would get in school. Sidenote: why don’t they have that for adults? Well, I guess they do … Amazon! But it’s not really the same. I’d like a nice paper...
All About Stone

All About Stone

“Forgive me, father, for I have sinned.” He waited for a response but there was only silence. Uncomfortable silence. He shifted on the hard wooden bench. It creaked loudly but he could still hear the sound of a throat clearing violently on the other end of the divide....
Seven Of My Favorite Non-Writing Activities

Seven Of My Favorite Non-Writing Activities

If you’d guess that most of a writer’s life is writing, I suppose you’d be correct. But besides chipping away at my work in progress there are other activities I partake in regularly to cultivate my writer’s brain. It’s important to give the brain some white...
How I Use Astrology In My Writing

How I Use Astrology In My Writing

Confession: I’ve been into astrology since I was a teenager. I think it started in high school when a friend of mine (Jessica was her name, I think) told me one day while we were struggling to hear each other over a crowded lunchroom table that she could plot my...
Pics Of New York In The ’80s

Pics Of New York In The ’80s

As I’ve said here before, my new series takes place in New York City in the ’80s. Boy was the research for this one fun! I did move to New York in the ’80s, but I caught the tail end of the time period. So I was curious as to how it all looked before...
Mama Staff – August Tarot Card (Dust II Onyx)

Mama Staff – August Tarot Card (Dust II Onyx)

As much as the court cards still confound me a little (did you notice that my card for last month was a court card as well? … and stay tuned because several more come up before the year is over), I do get hyped when *my* card comes up. That card being the Queen...