With the podcast going like gangbusters, I've had to up my reading game to keep up the interviews. I'm also in three bookclubs and sometimes I just like to read stuff for my own edification or just for fun. So here's the reading from March with some commentary from...
When I was single-mom commuting 80 miles a day roundtrip to grad school for a full day—TA in morning comp classes and my writing workshops at night—I spent a lot of time in a little coffeeshop down from the library. The name I can’t recall but I’m certain it was of...
The previous books had muses: Leonard, Nick, and Billy. This book had more of a feel and the feel was primarily women's voices. I had the notion of the title but not from the Cure original but from a haunting cover of "Just Like Heaven" by the Watson Twins. Things...
Character Interview with Jolene Wiley, Voices of the Dead What I imagine Jo and I would have if we sat down for a chat at her place. I signed up for the Writer Nation spring challenge, which has been both fun and productive so far. Today’s task is a character...
Who by Water was Leonard Cohen, Our Lady of the Various Sorrows was Nick Cave, and Like a Pale Moon has been Billy Bragg, especially the song "Tank Park Salute." Writing this one took it out of me. I didn't lose my father when I was a kid but I was in my 20s. Other...
Hello, reader friends and friendly readers. Our Lady of the Various Sorrows: Book Two in the Voices of the Dead series will be released on November 16, 2017. You can preorder now on Amazon Kindle and paperback, Google Play, and iBooks. It will be available on Barnes...
Our Lady of the Various Sorrows is off being edited. I got the digital proof for the ARCs today. I thought it would maybe feel old hat the second time. Nope. I still got chills seeing the wrap version of the ARC cover. It's real, an artifact, proof that I have...
Where Leonard Cohen was my muse for Who by Water, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds have been my deep well for Our Lady of the Various Sorrows. Each of them have been nearly lifelong companions to the point I can't remember what song I heard first or when exactly. Both...
I've been busy with the day job and with finishing the initial draft of the second book in the Voices of the Dead series. If you'd like to find out what the title of the next book will be and receive a teaser snippet from book two, please scroll on down to the bottom...
I've talked about the surreal aspect of being published after aspiring to it for so long. And I've talked about the sometimes crippling effects of imposter syndrome. Brilliant people I never would have imagined struggle with the same feelings. Thanks go to Nikki Moore...