I’m excited to share this new book trailer for my second book in the de Koningh family saga, The Gilded Cage. I am also feeling pretty proud of my technical savvy (if I do say so myself). With this trailer, I’ve figured out the art of recording my own voice audio — a must when I cannot… Continue Reading
“The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust.” –Abraham Lincoln Research into the past tends to uncover revelations for today, and a reassurance of the tenet that you can’t know where you’re going until you know where you’ve been. I’m sure that’s one of the reasons I get pulled into the vortex… Continue Reading
“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
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
“The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.”― Émile Zola How frustrating it is to have a question answered with another question. But often the most provocative, insightful, and thoroughly engaging explorations come after just that kind of beginning. This one, what is talent, came from a young composer during… Continue Reading