Blogging about How To Accept MS? Not Now! I didn't plan to blog about my Multiple Sclerosis until October. The Gold Doubloons, book three in my Jerome Mysteries trilogy, is due to my publisher … [Read more...]
A Sacred Migration Route?
A Sacred Migration The first time I heard the term sacred migration, I was staring at an antique rug hanging over the fireplace behind an old trading post deep in Hopiland. The rug featured a … [Read more...]
Research Behind My Fiction
Research and my Writing Process I decided to be a fiction writer when I was a eight, but I was sixty-eight when I held my first published novel. Because I couldn't make a living writing fiction, I … [Read more...]
Just Who Is This Kokopelli?
So who is this Kokopelli in my folklore fantasy? If you're from the Southwest, you've no doubt seen variations of the flute player image above in flashing neon over casinos, on hotel letterhead, as … [Read more...]
KOKOPELLI’S SONG, Chapter 1
I. SIPAPUNI [Place of Emergence or Doorway] Out on the windswept mesas of Hopiland and down in the pueblos dotted along the Rio Grande, storytellers preserve the history of the People in the times … [Read more...]
Free YA Audio Book: Kokopelli’s Song
Free YA Audio Book, Kokopelli's Song Coming Soon! On Monday, April 27, the free YA audio book I've been promising is about to begin. Thursday, April 30, I'll read Chapter 2. Every Monday and Thursday … [Read more...]
PLOTTER OR PANTSTER? YES!
HOW DO YOU WRITE? If you've ever been to a fiction writing conference, you’re familiar with the debate: do you plan first and then write, or do you forget the outline and write from the seat of your … [Read more...]
WHAT IS CHRISTIAN FICTION?
SCRIBBLING TO A FINAL DRAFT Well, that was embarrassing. You really got "Suzanne's Scribbles" yesterday! In case you're wondering what on earth I was trying to say, here's what I meant for you to … [Read more...]
PRESS ON TOWARD THE GOAL
But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. [Philippians: … [Read more...]
MY PUEBLO STORYTELLER LOGO
The Storyteller on my Desk In 1964 Cochiti artist Helen Cordero took some clay and fashioned the figure of a grandfather with five children in lap. His mouth was open, and the children were listening … [Read more...]
A passionate reader, I began writing as a young girl. After graduating from college, I became a teacher. Over the course of my career, I taught high schoolers, college undergraduates, and public school teachers how to write personal narratives, expository and persuasive essays, as well as poetry and short fiction. I continued to write: publishing professional articles, two textbooks, short stories, and poetry. In 2013, I won first place in Romantic Suspense in the ACFW Genesis Contest.