Luna Moth Woman

Emoji are a source of humor in my Other Worldly series because of Rowan Layne’s octogenarian mom’s enthusiastic use of them while phone texting. In Alienable Rights, Rowan is even accused of sending secret coded messages to aliens via strings of emoji while texting with her mother. Emoji is defined as a small digital image […]

In Feeling Alienated, second book in my Other Worldly series, protagonist Rowan Layne goes off on the absurdity of government officials willing to discuss UFOs, but not the reality that a living entity, as in an alien, might be piloting them. In my novel, I was referring to an actual $22 million US government program […]

Recent airing of UFO video footage filmed by naval aviators has allegedly resulted in retaliation by the Pentagon for their going public. But it should be neither the role nor the aim of the Department of Defense to hide, suppress, or otherwise lie about information obtained using military vessels and personnel. In Alienable Rights, protagonist […]

Many writers (and likely a few editors) roll their eyes at folks who think writing a novel is so easy, anyone can do it without training, practice, or smashed laptops. But the absolute worst is the dude who he says he’s not into reading, but he thinks he might like to write a novel so […]

In honor of recent news about a grand jury convened in New York to examine evidence of criminal activity of the former guy in the White House—already under indictment in my Other Worldly series for his many crimes, both heinous and petty—I offer this blog post, because I was once told writing about him couldn’t—or […]

There’s a quote erroneously attributed to Oliver Wendell Holmes, “Your freedom ends where my nose begins.”  For me, it used to, and still does, apply to toxic cigarette smoke, and the selfish misbehavior of smokers in public. During the COVID pandemic it’s been echoed in vile tirades of anti-maskers, folks demanding that their “liberty” trumps […]

Being Alien, fourth book in my Other Worldly series, is nearing completion, and it’s a bittersweet feeling. I’m not ready to leave Scotland. Drafting final chapters of a novel is like completing a puzzle, or packing to move. Making sure to include every last tidbit of text to wrap up the story, but in the […]

The truth is out there, and I often write about it. Some don’t like this and attempt to tell me and everyone else what not to write. And though my novels involve aliens of both the extraterrestrial and terrestrial kind, I’m not referring to government coverups or censure. I’m alluding to those who would build […]

When it comes to trying to control the universe by suppressing women, is the Taliban any different from American religious and political extremists? The fascist fundamentals are the same. Treating women as second-class citizens in order to wield power, to claim superiority. In the name of so-called religion and a conveniently proclaimed male god. A […]

In my Other Worldly series, there’s a running thread regarding a dearth of legal ethics and the plague of corruption among lawyers, especially in the past presidential administration. In Alienable Rights, first book in the series, I touch upon issues associated with a former Nevada attorney general with a gun fetish and decided lack of […]