"Superficially there is negligence, but deep down in people there is love and craving for the beautiful. There is a past, present and future in the fall of a dress. Don’t arrange it.Keep up the work. Try to reduce everything you see to the utmost simplicity. It is harder to see a landscape than [...]
This is a short story about books, a dream and a contest. The other morning I was jolted awake at the end of a dream. I was walking into water about calf deep, a sea of some sort in front of me stretched out to the horizon. I was fully clothed and I think I [...]
Killing Sacred, the second installment in the Alex Sullivan mystery series, is set to be released in two weeks time! If you haven't already downloaded the chapter reveal, check it out here! Pre-order Killing Sacred for a special price of $1.99 from iBooks or Barnes & Noble before it goes on sale for the regular price of $4.99. This is [...]
With Killing Sacred's release less than one month away, I have an additional treat for all current (and new!) fans: I'm revealing the fourth chapter in this newest book, which is available for pre-order now! Here's the setup: Desperate to put some distance between herself and New York City and to recover from a freak bicycle [...]
I got my box of books today to send out to the forty Goodreads Giveaway winners. The writing of them seems like a distant memory. And now I know once again: there’s more to writing than just writing! It’s hard to believe I had the idea for this series so long ago and now there [...]
As a treat for my faithful blog readers and e-mail list subscribers, I have a very special code for you to receive a free copy of my latest edition of One Hand Killing. One Hand Killing is my first book in the Alex Sullivan Mystery Series, and I'm pleased to announce, the second edition, Killing [...]
The journey of writing my first mystery novel One Hand Killing, about murder in a monastery—which I thought would be easier than any other work of fiction, Ha!—has been long and enlightening. I think I started writing it sometime back around the turn of this century (it’s so weird to think of it that way!) [...]
“The brighter your light, the darker your shadow.” Carl Jung If this is true, my light must be piercingly bright, because one of my darkest shadows is murderous rage. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about why I write murder mysteries, especially as I continue to deepen my spiritual practice. Why do I love watching [...]
