Sometimes authors need a timeout

It's become quite apparent to me over the last few weeks as I've battled pain (TMJ pain), fatigue (been unable to eat for 3 weeks due to the aforementioned TMJ), and some other factors that I MAY need a wee little break.You know when you call into wo...

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Nov 04, 2025
Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween, folks! I hope everyone has spooktastic plans for tonight! Whether you're chaperoning pint-sized children hyped up on enough sugar to fill Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, imbibing zombie brain shots, stealing candy from your child's...

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Oct 31, 2025
Teaser Tuesday (retro edition)

My very first book, Rekindled Prophecy, kicked off the Greylyn the Guardian Angel paranormal romance series. Considering the blood, sweat, tears, self-doubt, debilitating anxiety, and all it took to get this book out to the world... I am delighted wi...

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Oct 28, 2025
October Reading Recommendations

http://www.books2read.com/sugarspiceandmagicalmidlifeGot a sweet tooth for romance? Indulge in Sugar, Spice, and Magical Midlife, the hilarious & steamy first book of Tara West's Midlife Menace Series! Free on KU or grab it in print or audiobook!...

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Oct 23, 2025
FREE BOOK!!!

Hi, everyone! It's been a while since we've talked about my debut novel, Rekindled Prophecy, a paranormal enemies to lovers romance so I was thinking...FREE EBOOK OFFERFrom Tuesday 10/21/2025 until Saturday 10/25/2025You can grab your FREE ebook for...

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Oct 21, 2025
My favorite combination ~ an Irish pub & ghosts

This is by far one of my favorite ghost stories as well as one of my favorite restaurants in Charlotte, NC. It's Irish and it's haunted! What's not to love?I wrote this article a few years back for an online paranormal magazine, Paranormal Rag, and w...

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Oct 17, 2025
Teaser Tuesday

Truly I LOVED writing Psychic in Suburbia! It has my brand of comedic flare, deep emotional wounding and healing, spooky shenanigans, and downright horror-lite scenes (or maybe not so lite) to raise goosebumps on your flesh and make you keep turning...

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Oct 14, 2025
The Haunted Opera House

Before getting into this week's ghost story, I'd like to announce the winners from last week's Halloween Horror Movie Game. Winners were chosen at random. Thanks to everyone who played along. I love seeing my inbox fill up with replies. Winners are:S...

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Oct 10, 2025
In need of your advice

Authors can sometimes be the most indecisive creatures, and I will gladly raise my hand to say I am one of those authors.Last week my latest book baby, Psychic in Suburbia, released out into the vast world in ebook and paperback formats. So far, the...

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Oct 07, 2025
It's the most wonderful time of the year...

Seriously, what's not to love about October? Even in the southern part of the United States, the air is a bit crisper, a soft cool breeze blows, and it's 100% acceptable to have bags and bags of candy hanging around the house. Now whether those bags...

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Oct 03, 2025