Hidden Shadows came about from a strange situation involving my younger child. I admit that I’d never heard of the Shadow People until my son, who was three-years-old at the time, brought them to my attention. Night after night, he stood at the foot of my bed, asking for safety from the shadow man who…
I am asked constantly what inspired me to write Evolution of a Sad Woman, my mystery, suspense, thriller and romance novel. I always respond that it just popped into my head one day. That is the truth. I believe my story came from a divine presence that wanted the story told. I can offer no…
One Holy Night started out as a short story back in the late 1980s. I was working with another author to develop a book of short stories that revolved around Christmas, each with a different theme, and all within a larger story that tied them together. I was assigned to write a miracle story, and…
The picture book —Too Many Visitors for One Little House – is based on a true story about the crazy summer we moved into our new house in Beverly Hills and ALL THESE VISITORS came to stay. First my sister drove in from Miami in a GIANT camper with her husband, four kids, and housekeeper.…
Ever since I was a child, I’ve been a what if kind of person. Not necessarily in a constructive way. It is usually just to amuse myself. I’ve written down a lot of those fantasies, and they became stories. At first, that was all my stories contained: A bunch of action and emotional dialogue, with…
Throughout my life, I have been fascinated with watching people and trying to understand why they do what they do…from what they eat to what they watch on TV, wear on their bodies or even believe. I absolutely love to people watch and kids are no exception. For example, why do a lot of boys…
Over the years, I listened carefully to many of my wife’s stories. Her father was Commander Blake Field, a naval academy standout and veteran of the Korean, Vietnam, and Persian Gulf wars. I obviously patterned the commander in my story after him. Prior to her parents’ divorce, my wife lived the typical military lifestyle, with…
Driven by a mystical dream I had after trying on a 100% hand-tied human hair wig that I purchased online in 2004, described to be harvested from a reliable and youthful donor. I woke-up from the dream in shivers, seemingly reliving a dark history of a young woman’s horrifying fate named Bridget and her father’s…
The Story Behind the Book 