“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”― Dr. Seuss At last we reconnect with Emily and Corey as The Gilded Cage hits shelves today! It is available to buy from Amazon Prime and other online book sellers worldwide. As with its prequel… Continue Reading
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” —Albert Einstein I believe Thanksgiving is made of memories rather than realities, and it’s not because of my age. Thanksgiving in my family, and many others, has always been… Continue Reading
As the author of books published by an Independent Micro-press, one of the greatest joys is planning my own cover and interior design elements. That would, of course, never happen with a commercial press, unless your name is Ernest Hemingway or a reasonable facsimile thereof. But the process can be fraught with danger for the… Continue Reading
Don’t judge a book by its cover. Really? Then I wonder why authors, artists and publishers work so hard to come up with engaging new ideas for them. We’ve all heard that something can be as beautiful inside as it is out, so I’d say there are those who feel they can figure out value… Continue Reading
“The essential things in life are seen not with the eyes, but with the heart.”—Antoine de Saint-Exupery. When I consider the themes of my new book, The Gilded Cage coming out soon, I hear the refrain repeating during the era of reconstruction after the Civil War that black lives did not matter as much as they… Continue Reading
I suppose we all think we know what a sequel is: a follow-up to a narrative concluding in a way the first one couldn’t. We usually feel it picks up threads of the original story, carrying them on to form a new realm we hadn’t imagined with the initial tale. New characters appear, adding their… Continue Reading