Dear God, He’s Home! “After Ken’s layoff, I’d wake up in the night trembling with fear and sneak out of bed to sit by the fireplace with my Bible. I’d read and read until finally peace came . . . and it always did . . . at least enough for that night.” –Deborah THE…
The first time I tried to write Wondertown, I was around twenty years old. I’d written a collection of related songs, but the story behind them was still a bit fuzzy, so I tried to pull the songs together with a screenplay. A few years later a dramaturgist in Prague set me straight. “Very amateurish,”…
During my growing-up years, most of the fiction available to a girl and young woman showed the female as a needy type, a cypher who could not make decisions on her own, a person who could not stand on her own feet as an individual and the male characters were usually impossibly strong and handsome…
One of my motivations for writing this book was to try and set the record straight about the Founding generation and the debate over the Constitution. The rise of the Tea Party movement has brought with it a renewed interest in the nation’s founding. I admire the appeal to the Founding but this brings with…
Before I begin, let me thank you for this opportunity. During this blog tour, a couple of Author Interviews have posed similar questions – however, none focused solely on this fundamental issue, this post lets me grant the question the answers it deserves. At age six, I lost my father to a heart attack caused…
No matter what I did, things would still be the same. Living my passion, accomplishing big things, having a purpose, experiencing success, hell, that’s for special people, I thought. And I ain’t one of them! Suddenly, I felt overwhelmed by feelings of intense sorrow. Tears began to run down my face and I cried uncontrollably.…
I always wanted to write a book. I know, everyone says that. It’s probably a pretty universally held desire. Somewhere hidden in the secret recesses of our cerebral cortex, many of us believe a manuscript waits to be discovered. I don’t remember ever thinking otherwise. But it wasn’t until my parents passed away and my…
Tickling Daphne H. began as a short story that had been circulating around in my head for quite a while. It was only 60 pages at the start. The characters began to taunt me and keep me awake at night. Sometimes it even seemed as though they were tickling me, making me awaken in the…
Once upon a time, an attorney from Texas moved to the U.S. Virgin Islands, bought a rainforest house, and learned to believe in everyday magic. She was me, and I fell in love, with the house, with the islands, and with the people I met there. If fiction is life without the boring parts, then…
Writing has always been something that’s come easily for me. I love to read, have been inspired by many books throughout my life (both fiction and non-fiction), and the idea of inspiring someone in that way is something I’ve always aspired to do. Thankfully, the career path I chose put me in the position to…
The Story Behind the Book 