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How Made Up Is Ava Butler, Really?

If you follow me regularly, you are privy to my time in the Caribbean..but what you didn’t know is this: Once upon a time, I lived in the paradise of...

What Gives Me The Right? My Story Behind My Ava...

Lately there’s been a lot of great dialogue in the writing community about the concept of cultural appropriation. Wikipedia, while not the world’s greatest source, defines it fairly well: Cultural appropriation is...

I'm Your Venus: The Story Behind the Story of M...

No spoilers, so I’ll have to be a little cagey, but you’ll discover early on in these novels that Ava’s mother is a devout Catholic who dreamed of her daughter taking...

She’s Bringing Sexy Back: The Story Behind the ...

A few years ago, I wrote three novels about a late-blooming woman named Katie Connell. Some time later, they were published, and the reaction to these books and their characters...

What's in a Name? The Story Behind the Story of...

We’ve heard the names people use for sexy, gorgeous women all our lives, probably mostly without thinking about it. We’ve maybe used the words ourselves, meaning them as nothing but...

Touching Allowed: Getting in Character

I am into the tactile when it comes to grounding myself in character. I’ve worn a big ass, bold labradorite ring while writing Maggie. For Michele, I wore a diaphanous...