So another year has rolled by. If you haven’t strolled past here before there’s a tiny bit of backstory to get through. Mysteries are so not my jam, but they…Continue readingThe January Read 2024
…and I was invited to play in a nice new sandbox recently – to recommend five books, with a common theme of my choosing. I picked “unforgettable women”, and chose…Continue readingThere’s always reading to do…
Last year, I did a Kickstarter for my new collection, “Fractured Fairy Tales”. My Kickstarter supporters have been very patient through a fairly ragged process – we “over”-funded sufficiently for…Continue readingThe Fairy Tales are (almost) here…
Whence stories? Stories rarely spring from some grand idea. More often they are sparked by something small, something unsuspected. Some time ago a friend tossed me an idea “challenge” —…Continue readingSuperheroes (retired) you never heard of
A year of reading an author named Alma A few days ago, I posted a monthly reading list of novels about transcending loss, discovering the past, glimpsing the future, or…Continue readingA Duchess of Fantasy 12-month Book List
I have two new books out. Or more precisely, Crossroad press has just released one brand-new collection of short stories, “Untranslatable“, and is republishing my novel “Midnight at Spanish Gardens.”…Continue readingCan you translate the untranslatable?
…of Coyote, the Trickster Coyote the Trickster is one of the most layered and amazing characters ever to inhabit the lore and mythology and folk tales and legends of humankind.…Continue readingThe 10 Commandments…
I live in a house of books. My husband is a bibliophile. So am I. The cumulative effect is catastrophic. He had HIS books, I had MY books, and when…Continue readingBOOOOOOOOKS!!!
Wars, refugees and the twilight of the spirit Wars seem to come naturally to our species. Too naturally. I once read that we and a handful of species of ants…Continue readingRefugees of war