Luna Moth Woman

I turned on the news this morning to something unexpected—and delightful. The launch of Boeing’s Starliner, heading for the International Space Station. And I got tears in my eyes seeing it leave Earth, the blues and greens of our planet photographed from a distance, as my protagonist Rowan Layne surely did the first time she […]

Contrary to what many on both sides are unfortunately bemoaning, yesterday was a great day. Because what makes America great is justice, and yesterday, which should now be known as May 34 or the Rule of Law day, justice prevailed. At long last, we had proof that our judiciary system and legal processes would and […]

I used to wake up in a cold sweat during law school after reading the late Justice Antonin Scalia’s Spanish-Inquisition-like opinions. Little did I know the real nightmare would begin with his death, and those who would ignore Constitutional edicts and stack the Supreme Court with even more vile, hateful, vindictive beings intent on using […]

I’m no scientist or astronaut, so writing my Other Worldly series featuring aliens among us on Earth has been a science-based challenge since I realized upon approaching the third novel, Aliens Abound, that my protagonist Rowan Layne would inevitably travel into outer space. Something I hadn’t fathomed when I began writing the first novel, Alienable […]

I recently read two online Writer’s Digest articles about “Why I Choose to Self-Publish” and “The Most Important Question A Writer Can Ask” when seeking to be traditionally published. Herein, I will address the latter to justify the former, because I am decidedly skeptical and disheartened when it comes to the traditional publishing industry. According […]

A week ago today I drafted the final sentence of Aliens Watch, seventh Other Worldly novel, and second-to-last in the series featuring Rowan Layne. It’s bittersweet because this one, other than the first novel Alienable Rights, took me longest to complete and was the most challenging. Partly because I dove all the way back into […]

Lately I feel like I’m sending a message into outer space in hopes of an alien response when I post to this blog, because the only comments I’ve gotten from “readers” in many months is in Russian. Seriously. I just deleted the last two before posting this. That, or “comments” turn out to be exceedingly […]

I took photos of spring blossoms in my backyard this week, thrilled by the fabulous flora bounty including cactus, lime, and lemon blossoms, plus the bright red pods that bloom into blossoms to become tasty pomegranates seen in the photo accompanying this blog post. It turns out it was the perfect endeavor to galvanize me […]

Yesterday I researched Saturn’s moon Janus for Aliens Watch, seventh novel in the Other Worldly series, and to my surprise I discovered it harbors a real life alien straight out of scary central casting. A creature known as pentapods are the dominant life on Janus. Who knew? And who knew pentapods would be so very […]

I’m at the tail end of drafting Aliens Watch, seventh novel in the Other Worldly series, and as it always seems to happen, I ran into a bit of connected serendipity while researching the next planet protagonist Rowan Layne will visit. Saturn—otherwise known as Cultura to extraterrestrials in my novels. One of the subjects of […]