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 I’m looking at you!

In the wake of laboring on my manuscript for years (and losing count of the drafts I’ve tossed) I have discovered writing a book is not for the faint of heart.

Such years have embraced 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.

Lisa Rogers sums up the process best:

“Rough drafts are quick. Manuscripts you’re proud to publish after editing, revising, reading, and writing; that’s what takes the time. Getting it right. That’s what takes time. Ensuring you’ve put the reader first.”

I love that: “Ensuring you’ve put the reader first.”

I intend putting you, my reader, first and giving rise to a story you absolutely adore, no matter the time required to master my craft and deliver on my promise.

(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 to explore right here, such as my narrated short story “Animas Forks” which I shared on social media and just for fun.

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 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 likely 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?

Nineteenth-Century Gothic Romance, Ancestry and Folklore, Antique Homes, Discovered Journals, Ancient Forests, Candlelight and Firelight, Village Festivals, Ghost Stories, The Olde Ways.

All things Romantic, Mysterious, and Beautiful.