Recently, I was tagged in yet another discussion in a private Facebook group about Marvel Comics original artwork. These discussions usually rehash what is known and what is imagined about the large body of Marvel original art drawn by Jack Kirby. They include what is publicly known about legal cases,…
I acquired, edited, and wrote stories for MyRomanceStory.com and most of the posts on its blog for a number of years. In addition, I wrote a series of articles under the heading of Writer’s Resources. Surprisingly, they still contain some useful advice for the would-be published author of romance. Writer’s…
It turns out I’m not alone in the universe. There are other people writing about superheroes. Golly, who knew? A bunch of us have gotten together a super discount weekend sale just in time for solidarity with a certain comic book-inspired convention on the west coast. We name no…
To celebrate the new cover for the ebook edition of Temporary Superheroine (by talented cover designer Ashley Byland of Redbird-designs.net), it’s on super discount at 99 cents (for a limited time only). Temporary Superheroine is available wherever books are sold. Read a preview and/or buy the book by clicking one…
Here’s the new look for Temporary Superheroine as an ebook, available exclusively on Amazon for now. The classic retro 1960s-style cover remains on the print edition, available at many fine stores including Barnes & Noble, in case that’s the one you prefer. I like them both. How about you?
I write both romance and women’s fiction novels. They are very different even though they may contain many of the same elements. A romance has to focus on one key romantic relationship above all. A women’s fiction novel can be about multiple relationships and characters. My women’s fiction novel, Summer…
These visuals were made in my Canva class, but as you can see, their legibility is a work in progress.
For the second Temporary Superheroine novel, Crisis at Comicon, I dreamed up several over-the-top action sequences, culminating in one big blowout of a scene. Writing the third Temporary Superheroine novel (which is currently without a title), I’ve sent my reluctant but intrepid heroine Chloe back to the mirror universe, where…
From this and that I was in Valparaiso, Chile, walking down a narrow street filled with flowers with a lovely young woman who was acting as a personal guide, when she asked me how I got my ideas. I answered, “From this and that,” which was the exact truth. One…
In Summer in the City, my first women’s fiction novel, I combined mythic, romantic Manhattan with a real-life Greenwich Village co-op apartment building. Why do this? Because people have fantasies of coming to New York and living in a brownstone on a tree-shaded city street, near the action yet sheltered…
