#2017: My Writing Year in Review

In some ways this year felt like a decade. It’s been long and hard. I’m not only talking about politics, world events or life in general. I’m talking about my writing life. I worked on the editing, formatting and cover design of my new novel, The...

Book Festivals – Are they Worth it?

Image Credit: Virginia Festival of the Book Yesterday I participated in a local book festival. Can’t get those six hours back. A big goose egg. Zero. Nada. Zilch. And no, the photo above is not from the book festival I was a part of yesterday although I did...