Category Archives: My Thoughts

In October 2016, I started a new novel, one I thought would be a standard murder mystery. A contemporary, real-life kind of book. But in the very first chapter, the story morphed out of control, and became a ghost story … Continue reading →

On Monday, March 6, 2017, I had a book club meeting at 6:00 p.m. I belong to a book club called Women Reading Women, in which we select books penned by female authors to discuss. For the month of March, … Continue reading →

When I was little, I lived in a small house on 700 South Broadway, at the end of a long street of houses, on the edge of a hill overlooking a valley of train tracks. On the steepest side of … Continue reading →

So I ended up having one of those oh-dear-god conversations with a man who is a work acquaintance of my husband. I’ll call this man Fredo, after Michael Corleone’s pathetic brother in The Godfather. The brother Michael arranges to have … Continue reading →

I seem to have a LOT of writer-news to share lately. Which makes my life feel pretty weird, seeing so many projects come to completion at the same time. This is not my normal at all. My normal is more … Continue reading →

Hello, Thought Candy readers! Loyal followers of this sorta-yes-pretty-random author blog. I have some announcements to make. (For those of you who follow my author page on Facebook, the first announcement will not be a surprise. Unfortunately, I’ve been remiss … Continue reading →

Hello, Thought Candy readers! The New Year has arrived, and I already have all kinds of fun planned!! Or just general shenanigans of the caffeine-infused. Which would be me — nefarious rodent girl, packing coffee, at your service.     … Continue reading →

So, everyone. November 2016. Turned out to be rather intense. There was the presidential election. And the fallout of the election. I had a lot of family obligations and duties this month, and then more family duties, and work-wise, my … Continue reading →

Today is October 22, 2016, and for over a month this fall, my life wasn’t really my own. I was taking care of someone in a scary situation, a young mother with an infant who decided she needed to break … Continue reading →

On Thursday, September 8, my friend Hannah and I drove my favoritest Prius, Queen Elizabeth, across the state of Colorado to Denver. We arrived at the Renaissance Hotel around 11:00 p.m. and proceeded to spend the next three days at … Continue reading →