Stories Untold

  Most of my close friends know that I really do love all things British.  I mean I really, really, think I was British in a former life!  I was, I am pretty sure I whispered in the Queen mum's ear at one point in her pre throneship and said,  Lizzy, this is gonna be ride!  (Ok, ok, so I probably didn't have with Queen Elizabeth or any other queen when they were just wee lassies. ) She was like....     I actually think I have a fascination of a country that is so full of history and so beautifully old.  I guess that would be Europe in general.  Now don't get me wrong I love my country and perhaps it is the grass is greener syndrome grabbing hold of me and calling me, but we didn't exactly start here did we. Well my ancestors sure didn't and perhaps it could be wanting to follow ones roots. \Were someone called me right now and say, OK we have your passport and you bags are  packed you have an all expense paid trip to back p...

   I know I am not breaking this news lassies.  You know, the news that this hunk of Scottish man-flesh, Sam Heughan,  is going to be Jamie In the Starz upcoming television extravaganza of Diana Gabaldon's books!!! Which by the way I would love to thank you for Ms. Diana! I mean could you just picture this guy as Jamie????? If not then really ....to use an old worn out saying.....bitch talk to the hand!!!!!   I mean katy bar the pub look at those eyes!!!! Yeeeeaaaaahhhhh....you had me with the eyes.   Now while im going on and on about all of this I guess I should say that I am  a relatively new Outlander obsessed babe, having only discovered them while most of my chic a licious lit chic friends are on their 2nd, 3rd and even 10th read of this saucy series.      There is not a doubt in my mind I will do the same as I have the audio books and the e books and have the hard backs on the way.  I am sure I will go...

  I don't know very many people these days who don't have their face on some sort of social network. I mean it's almost alien to hear someone go..."I don't really get into that kind of thing. I have a life!"  Ok, I can respect that. I mean to each his own, but, come on.  I mean I totally have a life, an extremely busy life and I don't just sit at my computer and hide away from the world.  Far from it. I take care of a family, I go to writing critique groups...sometimes with something actually written, I go to parties and visit family and battle the weeds that are trying their damnedest to kill my lilies.  I have a few friends brave enough to hang out with me and be interested in my special kind of madness.  I lead a very real and active life.  However, that being said I do love the virtual and social world of the world wide web.  Good blazing sun in the sky I don't know a writer who doesn't love it now a days.  Think about it. Never has th...

    I was sitting in my writing chair today, oddly enough not writing at all but watching Hoarders. You've probably seen it.  They feature a couple of poor souls on the show whose "collecting" of items, be it trash, or dolls, or pop cans, has gotten way out of control, and exposed their dirty laundry, literally and figuratively on national television.       The same thing always happens they make lots of progress and then the patient, if you will goes into withdrawals and as a not so minor freak attack about the stuff that is leaving their domicile.  They get a therapist to run to their aid and help them work through whatever issue it is they are having and eurika 30 minutes later the show is over, they're left with a clean and sometimes very fixed up house, and aftercare funds to try and prevent the problem from returning.      Well I was watching and found myself being very judgmental...at first.  I was that is...

I am so very proud and privileged to have had the honor of working with Jim D. Jordan on his fabulous project. It's an audio book entitled Dracula's Journal. I am the voice of Mina Harker. I have to say it was very interesting and fun doing voice work. I would love to do more! If you would like to purchase said AB please contact me. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

  I just read a blog post by another  budding author that debated on the question of whether or not one was a true author if they were not published.  This person would say they were not and had never thought of themselves that way.  I say...BULL COOKIES!!!    I mean look at it this way. Do you think that a mother isn't a mother if she didn't give birth to her children? Yes, of course she is.  She is judged by the amount of passion, love and sacrifice she puts into her children not how they came to her. That is how I view myself.  I am a writer because I put my love and passion into the written word. It is not a job for me.  It is who I am, it defines me, It is in my blood.   I am sure that when I am on my death bed, hopefully many, many, many, years from now there will still be characters and plots running through my head.  My greatest hope is that if there is a hereafter that I get to be with some of those people I have c...

   Someone asked me today that age old question.  Would you rather be poor and loved or rich and alone? I didn't have to think at all.  RICH!!!!!  Yeah you heard me.  And don't get all bleeding heart and philosophical on me gang.   "You're rich if you have friends if not in money in love and spiritualism."  You know who says that??? People who have never experienced hunger or medical troubles, or many of the other things that can plague hard working people, or the very young and inexperienced  I call bullshit!  A very old woman told me once, back in the day when I was 18 that there are almost no problems that a little money cant solve.  Now since i was at the time very young and let's just call it like it is, freaking stupid, I of course said, ohhh no I would rather have love, and be loved even if I had to wear donated clothes and eat beans and rice.    Let me tell you that since making that very inexperienced st...