Rock Gods & Messy Monsters is getting a facelift and new life — should your book also? — I’ve decided to relaunch my novel Rock Gods & Messy Monsters. But instead of labeling it a book relaunch, I’m calling it the “hard launch.” It’ll be officially released in October in New York City (because everything’s harder in New York…haha). Last September, Rock Gods had its Southwest soft-launch. I’ve…

A book review that moved the author — and her NYC hard launch — “Rock Gods is a sharp, witty, horrifying, and reflective must read. Be careful if you have a weak stomach, though: It’s probably the goriest non-horror novel I’ve ever read.” — Leks Drakos, The Lit Refinery I feel so blessed to have had the courage to go “on sabbatical,” as I…

Putting your indie book in free book libraries around your town — When I first started researching indie book marketing, I balked at the thought of putting my novel into Little Free Libraries. I mean, give away my hard work and soul to anyone who walks by? For free?? Well, almost a year later, reality has sunk in about the challenges an…

How you can stop trying to control others — The Let Them Theory is simple yet so profound. All it means is to let people be who they are. Let them have their own thoughts and opinions. Stop trying to control them. Let go, and let them be. Practicing it might be more difficult than we realize, at least…

I read that with all the job openings that were created from various pandemic causes, women over 45 STILL couldn't find work. I disappeared in my early 50's. Now, at age 61, I'm coming back - and I am coming back with a roar. Fuck all the traditional corporate crap. There are communities of people over 45 popping up. I'm on a solo road trip right now, and I've run into a few 20-something women who've quit their corporate job and relationships and are looking for themselves. That gives me hope. And I'm looking for people in my age range who are still vibrant, creative and living their best lives - we're out there. And we're finding each other!

The recent smear campaign and the truth from two Tibetans — The biggest influence in my life is His Holiness The XIV Dalai Lama. I first saw him at a teaching in Washington, DC, in 1998. I walked into the venue angry and closed off. I left transformed. I had such a spiritual experience in a few short hours that I…

Growing old with an icon — December 1980. I was 19 years old, at university, and writing a philosophy term paper. My father phoned in the middle of his football game to tell me that John Lennon had just been shot. He died not long after. My world was turned upside down. I was a huge…

And 4 reasons you need to open up — Argh. I did it again. I started last week’s piece intending to discuss my feelings around AI and how complicated technology has gotten, and I ended up writing a term paper on writing groups. Why am I doing this? I feel like I’ve turned into some student robot who can…

And four reasons you might not. — Right now, I’m sitting in a coffee shop in downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico. The drive here was a glorious eye-feast of post-storm snow beauty and a feels-like temperature of zero. What would get me out in such cold weather? One is the utter beauty of Santa Fe with its…