Monthly Archive: January 2017
In my novel FBoM, dealing with the aftermath of rape and abuse is a primary concept addressed by the characters. Sexual assault is traumatic at levels beyond physical. After the bruises have faded and...
Are you dealing with a sociopath or addict? Is there a difference between them? The FBoM novels deal with some hard realities that occur in our world. Rape, abuse, sociopathy and vengeance. These things...
“Why didn’t she leave him before that happened?” “What did she expect being dressed like that?” “Wellll . . . if she hadn’t been drinking . . .” Sometimes, even for those vehemently...
It’s time for an uplifting story. Several of my blog posts, of late, have been of a rather dreary nature. It’s the nature of the research I have to do for some of my...
2016 was a difficult year… lots of people, things, philosophies and dreams passed into the night. That’s a euphemism for death by the way. It’s very comforting to call something by a flowery name,...
Yesterday, a very sad Facebook post came across my feed. A woman that was beaten to a bloody pulp, by her partner, told a part of her story. She posted pictures of the results. ...
My original intent for today’s blog post was to come up with something to market one of my books… after all isn’t that what we all are supposed to do? How about I just...
It occurred to me that although my book, Writing Tips #42: The incomplete guide for the self-published (Where to find it… Shush… that’s the only plug I’m going to make) covered a lot of...
I read a meme the other day that I found offensive. That’s not unusual… I find lots of memes offensive. This one in particular was meant to give a sense of outrage, but like...