This is … My Rewrite of Emma Lazarus’s Poem
I regret that it’s time for this again. Some of you may have heard a song I wrote for the Möbius Street album entitled “Mother of Exiles.” This phrase—Mother of Exiles—was immortalized on a tablet...
Finding Evidence: CSI vs Real Forensics
I did something really cool last weekend. I went to a seminar sponsored by Mystery Writers of America (MWA), an organization I joined after the publication of THE ANTIQUITIES HUNTER (from Pegasus Crime). The seminar...
This is … How a Cancelled Championship Became a Celebration of Perseverance
So, we drove four hours down to Bakersfield Friday night (November 15) for the Western Bands Association State Marching Band Championships. Our daughter, Amanda, is a member of the Oak Grove High School Marching Band....
Sixteen Things Update
A while back there was this meme-thingie on the Interwebs in which you tagged someone and asked them to tell 16 random things about themselves. I published my list here about four years back, came...
Announcing THE ANTIQUITIES HUNTER Blog Tour
I am doing a new thing with this novel—a blog tour! So, please do check my calendar here for tour dates and follow along. Currently confirmed dates are: 09-25-18 @4:00 pm – Science fiction author/blogger Juliette...
Mass Shootings, False Flags and False Logic
I wrote this essay in 2016 after the Pulse massacre in Orlando. I rerun it now in the wake of another Floridian tragedy—the Valentine’s Day massacre at a Parkland, Florida high school, which took 17...
This is … A Marching Band Mom’s Squee
Watching the London New Year’s Day Parade was like playing a Marching Band Mom version of Where’s Waldo? That’s my ‘Waldo’ (daughter Amanda) in the foreground of the photo to the left, marching tenor sax...
Confessions of a Ghost Writer: the Big Scary
I read a column this morning in CodeLikeaGirl (on Medium) in which Kira Leigh eloquently expressed the sheer scariness of pursuing a career as a freelancer. I was compelled to respond because while Kira is...
