Starting Over

Time for a fresh start. A new beginning.

There have been several times in my fifty-four years on this planet when I hit a low and had to pull myself by the bootstraps out of the muck and into a better place. After being ditched by my publisher, followed by a lengthy dry spell of no writing and the subsequent implosion of my long-time critique group, I realized that I had reached one of those bootstrap moments. The time had arrived to revamp and jump-start my writing life.

With that in mind, I've taken a few steps. First, I'm in the process of totally redoing my website, which for the past year had been nonexistent (my domain URL was pointing to my MySpace page). Second, I've decided to clean out the Blogger dust bunnies, give this page a new look, and start blogging again as a way of keeping in touch with readers until (I'm determined it will be until, not if) I get something new published and on the bookstore shelves. Third, after eighteen months of not writing, I've finally started a new book. And, as incentive to get that book finished and keep the forward momentum going, I bought myself a new toy...er, writing tool : A Dell Inspiron Mini netbook computer that's small enough to tuck into my purse and carry with me everywhere. It has a cherry red cover, a 160-gig hard drive, a keyboard that's big enough to be workable, and it weighs less than three pounds. I'm waiting for the external CD drive that I ordered from Amazon so I can install my MS Word program on it (it came with MS Works). Then I can use it to write from anywhere. Nirvana in a tiny package! Now, it's time to apply the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair, and keep moving forward on the new book. Wish me luck! Although I suspect it's true that, as my Tupperware distributor used to tell us (yes, I was once a Tupperware lady), luck is really spelled W-O-R-K.

I currently have two books available: Die Before I Wake and Black Widow. Most of my older books can be found secondhand at Amazon, eBay, and other online venues.