Vanquishing The Doubts!

Who the hell are The Doubts and how did the get access to my brain? You know who I’m talking about, that malicious imp, Negative Mind Chatter (NMC) who starts talking every time you attempt something you’ve never done before— (Why are you even trying? You know you’re...

I can cook like a MOFO, Now What?

I Can Cook like a Mofo, Now What?   I’ve spent the last couple of years watching Food Network and teaching myself to cook. Like I’ve written in other posts, now that writing is my job, cooking is my creative outlet. I have tackled souffles, crepes, beef...

SOLD! Velvet Undercover

From Publishers Marketplace: Sold: “Teri Brown’s VELVET UNDERCOVER, about a young woman with a knack for codes and puzzles trying to find both her missing father and a shadowy spy amidst espionage and betrayal during World War One, again to Kristin Daly...

A Blog about Menopause in which I say SCREW THAT.

Remember when people wouldn’t talk about Premenstrual Syndrome because it had to do with lady bits and lady blood and that’s just disgusting? So years went by with women feeling suicidal or homicidal or physically ill and everyone just ignored it until doctors finally...

How Writing Made Me a Feminist

As a child of the eighties (okay, the seventies and the eighties,) I never gave much thought to women’s lib even though I heard the term bandied about a lot on television. I suppose it just never occurred to me that I couldn’t do what I wanted to do. And what I wanted...

Finding Your Niche

  So as many of you know, I have all sorts of pretty damn good ideas rattling around in my head. Some of them are perfect for the brand I’m trying for, others are so far out there, they aren’t even in left field. But there are only so many hours in a day...