Mice roaming through a house or apartment is a pretty common thing. You don’t always see them because they’re great at hiding. They will typically enter your home between October and February, searching for food, water, and shelter from the cold.
As a young boy who had learned to read, I was impressed each week by the masthead of the local newspaper. Directly below Greensburg Record-Herald it said: Home of the Oldest Courthouse West of the Allegany Mountains.
The lion, the king of the beasts, is also known as the king of the jungle. But you know what? Lions don’t live in the jungle. Most of the wild lions today live on the open savannas of Africa.
What would you think if you saw a woman step out into the street and begin to twist, twirl, and shake? Would you join her in this dance without any specific music? Or would you just shake your head in wonder and go on about your business?
I have almost as much trouble naming the characters in my novels as I did naming my children. But writing Southern novels makes it a little easier since there are so many colorful names from which to choose. And colorful name equals memorable. It’s a pretty safe bet if someone has a unique name, they’re going to be . . . well, a character.
What if you could travel back in time and live your life over again starting from the point you went back to? Would you do it?
Look inside the mind of a cold-blooded, narcissistic killer who has chosen all of his victims and is now killing them one by one in a gruesome and sadistic way. Then he posts all the gory details of what was done to the victim and how the murder was accomplished on the Dark Web while trying to justify what he did to those reading.
When you were young, did you ever do anything that you regretted? Anything that you were warned not to do? How many of us haven’t?
Based on a true story, this book gives the reader a stunning and memorable look at life in 1920’s Hawaii while telling the story of one very strong young woman.
I am fortunate to have some really amazing people in my life who support me unconditionally and who have fully embraced my writing journey. That said, creating characters is my favorite part of writing.
