

How I Jump Start the Creative Juices
I started in new routine the first of the year. My old routine was this breakfast, then working, and then going to the Y to exercise....


Knowledge is Indeed Powerful #writinglife #writer
So I've taken the last two days to clean my office. Sure, I've been dusting and kind of stacking things in neat piles (sort of neat...


A Good Book and A Comfy Chair Makes Life Grand! #books #writing
August 9th is National Book Lovers Day! All of us who are book fanatics know that reading is good for you. Stimulates the brain....


Loving Books, Storytelling, & Movies #amwriting #fiction
I went to a first Meetup of a new writers group I started. If you haven't heard of Meetup, it's an app that allows you to gather with...


First Book Free! #freeebooks
For a limited time you can get the first book in the LaShaun Rousselle Mystery series free at Smashwords.com. So click and start the...


Happy Dad's Day! #Father's Day #Memories
Joseph Emery, born in St. Francisville, Louisiana. He experienced Jim Crow in all its horribleness. He and the rest of the family were...


Trumpet Queen #amwriting #jazzhistory
This is my new theme song for days I'm feeling too tired to write, or just plain discouraged about life in general. Valaida Snow was...


On the Inside of Fiction #amwriting #mystery
If you didn't get the inside stories behind my novels on May 22 when Ella Curry interviewed me on BAN Radio, fear not! You can listen by...


A Girl and Her Dog #writing #paranormalfiction
LaShaun Rousselle started out being a villain in my first novel way back in the olden days (the mid 90s LOL). Yes, the heroine of four...


Origins #writinglife #writer #inspiration
I've been turning over an idea for a science fiction novel. Yeah, shocked me, too. Writing science fiction has never been an aspiration....