Welcome, Dear Reader

A Pleasure You Have Joined Me…

Who knew it would take forevermore to write a book? The professionals render it easy.

Kate Morton and Silvia Moreno-Garcia I’m looking at you!

For some time now I’ve labored on my manuscript, losing count of the drafts I’ve tossed and discovering writing a book is not for the faint of heart.

I’ve grown through attending classes, poring over technique books, seeking out professional critiques, and the list goes on replete with simply finding time for writing in a life rife with obligations.

But…I believe I’m getting close to finally deciding which of the several manuscripts I’ve written over these past few years may be polished enough to step into the world.

(And a towering Thank-YOU to all who have stopped by for many years, checking in.)

While you wait for me to finally write “The End” I have plenty for you right here, such as “Animas Forks” which I shared on social media and just for fun. It’s a moody narrated short story set in a historic ghost town blending mystery, folklore, and haunting imagery.

Click the play button above. I love Lillian Rachel’s voice on a particular character.

I hope you do too.

If you gobbled up “Animas Forks” please visit my Passions and Obsessions Blog. I possess a few more atmospheric yarns with curious goings-on, either my own original stories or treasures from literature.

And on my Bookstore Blog I write-up book reviews focusing on works of fiction, contemporary reads as well as the classics.

But please don’t forget subscribing at the bottom of this page before leaving. If I find a moment to share a book recommendation other musings—or any news—you will be the first to know.

It may be added I’m on social media. Pinterest is where I’ll be, creating thematic storytelling-inspired boards.

Who Am I?

I am a writer with a degree in English Literature. A number of years back I traded my Creekside Cottage in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains for an Antique New England Farmhouse in the Woods of New Hampshire.

What Do I Do?

Trotting back and forth between the Northeast and the Southwest I write, weaving the past with the present, mostly working from a studio in my New Mexico garden, the perfect place for crafting stories brimming with romance, mystery, history, a touch of something otherworldly, and a penchant for the Gothic Tale.

What Do I Like?

Places that feel haunted by memory. Weathered landscapes with secrets. Houses that seem alive. Ancestry and folklore. Dark romance woven into gothic mystery. Ancient forests. Moonlit gardens. The past bleeding into the present. Candlelight and firelight. Curious, unexplained events. Village festivals. Nature-laced imagery. The old ways. The emotional pull of yesterday.