In early 1900s Atlanta, street traffic included trolleys, automobiles, horse-drawn wagons and lots and lots of pedestrians who crossed...

I played tennis when I was younger. So I find it fascinating as I do research for my next time travel novel what women wore in the past...

It’s always exciting when I begin doing research for a new novel. I have to find out information on the setting, the culture, the styles...

Do you ever feel like there are different incarnations of yourself? I do. Because the Connie I am now is not the Connie I was when I was...

I’m thrilled to announce publication of my second Time Travel novel, “The Going Back Portal.” This one features a producer for a TV...

Publication of my seventh novel is just weeks away. It's my second time travel novel. The Going Back Portal is set in present-day Atlanta...

As I head down the homestretch on my latest novel, I’ve been thinking about cornbread. Growing up, I thought cornbread was a southern...

Ah, the good old days. When using the bathroom meant taking a little hike to the outhouse. Or sliding a chamber pot out from under the...

While researching Cherokee Indians for my forthcoming novel, I was struck by how their traditional names always meant something. Their...

Well, I took the leap this summer, spitting in a tube, sending it off to have my DNA tested. I was really hoping I might have at least a...

It’s August. Hot as blazes here in Atlanta. Boy, howdy, am I thankful for air conditioning! I’m also thankful I don’t have to wear long...

Chapter 1 – Over a hundred years ago, my great-grandparents planted fig trees around their house in rural northeast Georgia. I wish I...

If you’ve read my books, you may have noticed I include journalists in every one of them. There’s a reason for that. I worked as a radio...

There is a long and tragic history involving subjugation of peoples and cultures around the world. One of the most heartbreaking examples...

One of the unexpected pleasures of being an indie author is making author friends around the world. Not that I’m flying off to far-flung...

In my quest for inclusivity in my writing, I’m creating a character for my next novel who has early Alzheimer’s Disease. She’s the...

Imagine a young Jewish woman in 1660s London serving as a scribe for a blind rabbi. That’s the set-up for “The Weight of Ink,” a...

Besides the snake that makes a brief but deadly appearance in “Albedo Effect, Book 2 of The Shade Ring Trilogy,” I hadn’t written any...

As 2017 draws to a close, I’m gratified I achieved my goals of publishing “Aerosol Sky,” the final installment of “The Shade Ring...

I’ve had a couple of people ask me already if my latest book, A Daffodil for Angie, is about me growing up in the Sixties. The short...