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I released my debut novel, Seeds, a retelling of the Persephone myth told from the POV of both Persephone and her mother, Demeter, through a small press in January of 2025. In the plot, Persephone’s connection with Hades takes a backseat to her fraught relationship with her mother. Right off the bat, this put some people off. As one of my favorite Netgalley reviews, which made me laugh so hard, put it, “…the story focuses on the relationship between mother and daughter and ho

This post is for my fellow writers, the ones who aspire to traditional publishing but haven't quite got there yet. I know these types of posts helped me along the way and mine, I hope, will encourage you to make the right decision for you in your path forward whatever that may be. Seeds path to getting published has been a long winding and, at times, highly discouraging one, so if you're feeling a little sick of hearing insta publishing success stories, here's a strong antid

While I was querying Seeds I did what all the writing books and blogs and authors advised and started another project, one titled Out To Get You . It was in no way, shape or form similar to Seeds but I was having a ton of fun writing it. I mention it only because it puts in an appearance a little later in the story and I didn't want it to seem like it comes out of nowhere then. Oh, and I almost forgot to mention my other WIP I was cooking up at the time, my second child, a

In January 2021, with all my kids in school, alone in my house for the first time in fourteen years, I found myself a little out of sorts and unsure what to do with myself. Out of sheer nostalgia, I opened Out To Get You . It wasn't Shakespeare or Faulkner but it was a good, well-crafted, well told story though I could see where it needed to be improved. After three months of editing, nine years and six months after Ms. Weltz's rejection, I tossed my hat into the querying rin