by Desiree | Jul 9, 2022 | My Books - Behind The Scenes
“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....
by Desiree | Jun 18, 2022 | The Writing Life
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...
by Desiree | Jun 4, 2022 | The Writing Life
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...
by Desiree | Jul 20, 2021 | My Books - Behind The Scenes
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...
by Desiree | Oct 12, 2020 | The Personal and The Political
In case you haven’t heard, I’ve got a new book in the works. And it takes place in New York City during the ’80s. Fun fact: I actually came to New York in the ’80s … ’88 to be exact. I was just a little girl, and up until then,...
by Desiree | Aug 3, 2020 | Tarot
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...
by Desiree | Jul 13, 2020 | Tarot
So you ever pull a card (see a pin, hear a song .. really you can insert just about anything here) and feel like it’s *exactly* what you were supposed to see at that exact moment? Yeah, that pretty much sums up my July card. Lil’ Coin … he’s...
by Desiree | Dec 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
I’ll confess I didn’t know what I was going to write after the White Rabbit Trilogy. Or if I was going to write anything at all. I knew I wanted to try my hand at thrillers. I knew I wanted to write roughly a three-book series. But after that I had nothing. I tried to...
by Desiree | Oct 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Hey. Smell that? It’s the smell of new shiny, brand spanking new book covers. OK, let me back up a little bit… So when I was launching the White Rabbit Trilogy, I did everything (except the editing … and even then I was tempted) myself. (I can be a...
