Happy Christmas, Chanukah, Yule, Kwanzaa, Festivus, or whatever other reason you have to celebrate the season! I am sorry that I have been remiss in posting updates; my author persona has been in hibernation while my high school teacher and music personas have controlled my calendar. Sometimes I claim that I have two lives, my…

I have been working with narrator Benjamin Fife on an audiobook of Rewinding Time. Storytelling, whether in written or spoken form, is an art, though the art forms are different—the former is a fine art, and the latter is a performing art. A well-narrated story brings it to life and draws the listener in, much…

I have finished the first draft of my latest WIP (“work in progress”, for those not familiar with the acronym): Guardian Angels. This farcical novella is a Pride & Prejudice Vagary that was inspired by the writings of Jane Austen, Terry Pratchett, and Donald Westlake. The story follows Darcy and Elizabeth and their respective guardian…

Today I have the privilege of visiting Sophia Thorsen’s blog, Interests of a Jane Austen Girl. You can read the blog post here. I am giving a free EPUB copy of Rewinding Time to one of every ten people who comments on the post.

I had the pleasure of visiting Rita Deodato’s blog, From Pemberley to Milton, for an interview and excerpt from Rewinding Time. You can read the interview, excerpt and discussion here.

I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Meredith Esparza on her wonderful blog, Austenesque Reviews. Read the interview and check out the discussion here.

As a new author, I’m doing what almost every experienced author advises against: reading the reviews of my book. I don’t regret doing it. I knew several things from the outset: However, there are a couple of things I wish reviewers understood:

As of this posting, Rewinding Time has 4.75 stars on Goodreads (from my ARC readers) and is Amazon’s #1 New Release in the category Romance Adaptation eBooks. The book releases on Friday February 2 (yes, Groundhog Day). You can pre-order the Kindle edition at https://www.amazon.com/Rewinding-Time-Pride-Prejudice-Variation-ebook/dp/B0CR8JTWCN/ or you can wait until Friday to read it on…

In Rewinding Time, Darcy and Elizabeth each separately find a potion that lets them travel backward in time one hour. The idea came from the 1988 short play Sure Thing, by David Ives, in which the two characters, Betty and Bill, meet bychance in a café. The pair strike up a conversation, and every timethe…