Introducing Powder House Publishing LLC!!!

Over the past few months, I have been working on a special project. I have hinted at it, but never explained what I’m actually doing. The reasons for that are complex, but part of it had to do with working out how I would be perceived. As an author who initially had...

My Writers Block Unmasked

  Most writers know what it is like to be blocked. For me, it’s less about sitting down to write and being unable to than avoiding the writing altogether and making up fantastical chores or tasks to keep me from BITCHOK. (Butt in chair, hands on keyboard.)  ...

Born to Create, Conditioned to Consume

We were created to create. In my insomnia addled brain, this concept makes total sense to me. I see little ones creating the moment they can hold a crayon in their chubby, toddler hands. Children tell stories as soon as they can string words together, their pretend...

Building a Writer’s Community

One of the things I was looking for when I moved to my small Eastern Oregon town was community. I have really good childhood memories of grange events—dime a dip dinners, Christmas parties, Halloween haunted houses and dances. Like many granges, the old Alfalfa Grange...