The Editing Begins
I’ve received my first edits back from my amazing editor. Now the real work begins! Dark Paradise begins being reborn today.
I’ve received my first edits back from my amazing editor. Now the real work begins! Dark Paradise begins being reborn today.
Springtime makes me think about rebirth, and of the rebirth of my connection to the Virgin Islands through writing and publishing my upcoming book, Dark Paradise. I lived in St. Thomas during my formative years and I often revisit the locales, smells, and sounds of my youth in my mind. But youth has a different outlook…
After some reflection, I’ve compiled a list of my favorite reads in 2017 and why I enjoyed them. Comment below if you’ve read these books, or with suggestions of your own favorite reads last year. The Highway Kind: Tales of Fast Cars, Desperate Drivers, and Dark Roads: I love this anthology of short stories about crimes…
So the first chapter peaked my interest. The scenario amazingly curious, but then the novel devolves into too much interior life of Claire and her trauma over her father’s disappearance, mother’s attack, and nanny’s murder when she was 4 years old (I think). Then around page 93 the book kicks back into gear and sweeps…
This revenge mystery had me from the start of this novel, where her suddenly dead friend, Sasha, leaves Eleanor $50k to “get” her ex-boyfriend, but is entirely unclear about how or why she should do this. After meeting Jonathan Neel, an advertising executive, she’s more convinced than ever that this arrogant, vacuous man deserves whatever…
Read my short story that follows Boise Montague, the protagonist in my upcoming book Dark Paradise, on Medium. Originally published in Beyond Imagination Digital Literary Magazine, this quick read will give you a taste of what is to come when Dark Paradise hits shelves on June 25th.
When your writing life is a bit cloudy or filled with rain, what do you do to dig down and keep on writing?