The tower has fallen. The old rules don’t work anymore. We will have to stop playing by them now.

Here’s the thing. You never realize you’re an archetype, your daily rituals establishing eternal truths, the story unfurling in its...

It's not difficult to get a Kirkus Review, just pricey. But no amount of money can buy a GOOD review, and I'm really happy about this one.

Hooray! Seven Tears in the Sea is officially an award-winning novel, thanks to Dan Poynter's Global Ebook Awards! It won a Silver Award...

Look! I published my novel! I don't know how to explain what a long road this has been and how many heartbreaks and regroupings and...

I was lucky and honored to do a reading and book signing for Seven Tears in the Sea at City Lights Bookstore and Cafe in Sylva, NC on...

Chapter 4: Alise June 1993 - Blounts Creek, North Carolina The dream was pure anticipation with no story to go with it, as if the feeling...

In violation of genre, a former valedictorian becomes a self-published author

Exciting news: I'm offering tarot card readings at Rare Earth Beads! Where: Rare Earth Beads 2706 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd. Durham, NC...

The other day a young man came into the bead and mineral store where I’ve worked for the last two months and asked me which stones would...

Almost exactly four years ago, I spent three very hot hours in the woods keeping company with a female box turtle in order to witness...

whose father didn't insist she repay the dubious favor of a slimy stranger by taking him to bed. Once Upon a Time, a princess lost her...

Little Red Riding Hood with a little less slut-shaming. Once Upon a Time, a little girl named Ruby grew up on the edge of a forest....

Once upon a time, a long time ago, our earliest ancestors looked up at the night sky. We can hardly imagine the splendor of the sky in...

In 2005, astronomers identified something new in our solar system. Immediately, as the phrasing of the previous sentence hints, a problem...

I found and photographed in the woods around Hillsborough, North Carolina.

My own eccentric interpretation of the signs of the zodiac and the planets that represent them. Aries Mar. 21 - Apr. 19 Element: Fire...

What if Adam and Eve had had a loving mother and a happy home? Once Upon a Time, Father Sky and Mother Earth got married. They acquired...

or how I became an internationally recognized snail pornographer. This is how it started. My dog and I were passing through my yard on...

Fighting your way to the top doesn't work. The secret is to befriend. “What am I supposed to tell my daughter?” a Facebook friend posted...