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Thank you to all the book enthusiasts who attended the Poughkeepsie Book Festival on April 1st.  It was wonderful to meet all the authors,  illustrators and readers!.  This was my second year of attending this event, and I look forward to returning next year!  We have been offering a raffle prize of my children’s booksContinue reading “Thank You All!”

A belated Happy Valentine’s Day for all of those romantics out there!  I wish that I could write a lovely romantic novel.  Apparently, there is a part of me that likes to write about the dark side of things and a light social-teaching side for children’s books.  It’s a good balance for me, and IContinue reading “Not in the Cards”

I’m enjoying each day of this beautiful autumn where I am walking on my property, taking in the sweetness of the fallen leaves and their color, wishing this would last forever.  I particularly like the cool air, and I’m now thinking about my next book.  Today, I will be submitting into publication my latest novel, NotContinue reading “Falling for Autumn”

It’s been a very rainy spring and early summer, which has given me plenty of time to write and be productive! I’ve been helping my friend, Eduardo Faxas, write his first book, which is an autobiography that focuses on his lifetime of accomplishments in architecture.  Eduardo, who is now 92, realized his American dream whenContinue reading “New Work”

Happy New Year to all my readers, writers and friends!  I have enjoyed painting and restoring during the holidays– even though, on most days, it was a mad dash to make it to my studio and put that final layer of varnish on a piece I had intended to gift. In my mind’s eye, IContinue reading “New Year, New Projects”

I appreciate all of my readers, who have taken the time to comment on my most recent book,, Neglected Cries. available on Amazon. Because of you, the book now has a 9.1 rating, and this has led to many opportunities in the book and film industry for me, as well as for some of my other books.  AlthoughContinue reading “With My Deepest Gratitude”

During the latter part of the winter and still in the midst of our Covid Crisis, I decided to write a novel about the overcrowded British orphanages and the country’s solution to the problem by sending them to Canada, Australia and Africa between 1890 and 1960.  The facts I discovered were close to unbelievable inContinue reading “New Novel Focuses on Relocation of British Orphans Prior to 1960”

It was such a thrill for me to receive notice of being a finalist in the Indie Excellence Book Awards.  After several years of feverishly writing novels and children’s books, I had been encouraged to enter a few contests.  Whether I’m winning or I’m just in the running, it was wonderful for my book, Restitution, to beContinue reading “Finalist in Indie Excellence Book Award”

Hello to all! What a great feeling after a very long winter to see all the signs of spring! This past season was a very productive writing time for me.  I have just finished a new children’s book called The Little Boy and the Bunny, (Now on Amazon) which is an addition to my skill series. Continue reading “Signs of Spring”

In this brave new world we find ourselves in, I strongly encourage everyone to write.  We are masked faces, struggling to survive this pandemic.  One doesn’t have to try to place themselves in the character or imagine feelings, thoughts or dialogue.  We are living it! The setting is anywhere in the world.  Plots are numerous,Continue reading “Write Your Pandemic Story”