Fall is for Rain & Leaves & Witches & Books. . Fall is my season. I’m coming alive. With the bulky sweaters and the oversized scarves. The brisk bite to the breeze. The way the air smells like dirt and leaves. The bright, brilliant colors of autumn—red and...
My Romance Novel is a MOOD.
Oct 4, 2024
My Romance Novel, Home’s Harbor, is a MOOD. Listen—I’ve lived in a lot of places. A lot of beautiful places. Northern Michigan, Chicago, San Francisco (which was just too damn sunny for me; I know—it’s crazy, but true), but when I came to Seattle, my soul simply...
Pitches! A Synopsis! Making Connections! PNWA 2024!
Sep 22, 2024
Day Three of the PNWA Writers Conference—Here are my Highlights! PITCH! Writers who aren’t comfortable pitching your book—just go ahead and try! Conferences are a GREAT way to get your book out there, right in front of agents & editors. And it’s excellent...
Indie-Published? NOT The Kiss of Death. Impatient with Trad Publishing? GET PATIENT!
Sep 20, 2024
It is Day Two of the PNWA Writers Conference. I just finished up a seminar titled, Inside Look at How Publishers Decide to Make an Offer on a Book, presented by Matt Rusin from Tor Publishing & Amy Collins from Talcott Notch Literary. And the gears in my brain are...
Introducing…Emily Valentine!
Sep 20, 2024
pen names—what?!
A Journey to My Authentic Self: Past Life Soul Retrievals, Kundalini Awakening & More.
May 14, 2021
A Journey to My Authentic Self: Past Life Soul Retrievals, Kundalini Awakening & More. I’m deep into my healing journey and so far I’ve had: a Kundalini awakening (still in the throes of this), five past life soul retrievals (I was a witch, over and over again), a...