Becoming Bold

Earning my pilot’s license was the boldest thing I have done since kissing Steve Gadow in seventh grade. Kissing Steve put me in the majority of girls in seventh grade, but earning my pilot’s license put me in a minority. An underwhelming six percent of the pilot’s...

The Story Behind the Strong Heroine

West of Famous developed from a desire to create powerful women role models. This is the third book in the Compass Crimes collection. The stories are connected by the ensemble cast of characters whose lives intersect because of crimes. Like the previous two books,...

Unpublished East of Evil is a semi-finalist!

Unpublished East of Evil is a semi-finalist! Written by Sooooo, I submitted my manuscript to the Royal Palm Literary Awards contest because the judges give wonderful feedback on what they like and what they see needs improvement. The Compass Crimes series overlaps a...

East of Evil Cover Chosen

East of Evil Cover Chosen Written by Thank you, readers! You have chosen the cover for East of Evil. Nefi is back and her life is turned upside down by a crime she needs help from her friends to solve. A colossal fortune. A secret reaper. A young woman whose drive for...

Stories of the Reader-Author Relationship

Before becoming an author, I was a reader. Of course, I still read as often as humanly possible, but before publishing my first book, I’d stand in long lines to get authors’ autographs and thank them for writing. In Hawaii, I shared a cab with screenwriter...