Whenever I’m super busy writing I do little to no blogging. I just can’t. I think the well only holds so much creativity and between family obligations (of which there are MANY!) and just basic work, I haven’t had time. Who could have foretold this pandemic would have such an impact on our lives? And […]

Sorry I’ve been away, been moving my elderly parents into their new condo nearby. I’ve entered a new phase of life, I’ve heard it called the sandwich phase, where a person is sandwiched between the responsibilities to your children and to your elderly parents. It’s not easy taking care of so many people. Many times […]

I wonder if I don’t have survivor’s guilt. I see the pandemic devastating so many authors and artists and other people and I just thank God that there’s a roof over my head and food in the fridge. It’s made me donate to charities a lot more. Yemen, Syria, the disasters there have only gotten […]

I remember the incident well! I’d come back from an overseas tour and was attending a family literacy night at a school that had booked me. I was tired. When your schedule fills up, and it’s busy season, it comes with a level of exhaustion that doesn’t get satisfied with just a good night’s sleep. […]

Have you heard of the coronavirus parties in Alabama, where young people get together in packed venues and whoever catches it first gets a cash prize? At first this might seem ridiculous and counter intuitive and it is. But I keep thinking of that scene in School of Rock when the principal of the school […]

It’s been an interesting Ramadan. I find that no matter what kind of upheaval is going on in the world, and over the last few years upheaval has been inevitable, as soon as Ramadan arrives a feeling of peace and calm descends on me like a misty spring shower. This year is no different. I […]

What else? Is there anything else to be talking about right now? I remember vividly the moment, a few weeks ago, when the enormity of this crisis really hit me. I was sitting on the sofa across from my husband, we were still planning my son’s wedding party and the numbers had started going up […]

For anyone who might have been waiting for a new blog post, sorry for taking so long to deliver. Life has been way more than frenetic. I’ve been burning the candle at both ends in that during the day I’ve been writing the adult novel and at about midnight to 3 am I’ve been working […]

Just reread my previous post on rejection and wow, have things changed. It’s been a very hard summer! Not restful in the least and in fact last spring was also very busy. In fact, darn it! The whole year has been extremely busy! Projects, projects and more projects including a song/story video in the works […]

I’ve always said that in writing, rejection is part of the process. If your stories don’t get rejected, chances are you won’t get better, it’s as simple as that. The first products your imagination comes up with tend to be derivative. Something your subconscious remembers. The brain, like anyone, doesn’t work harder than it has […]