Which vs That?
Confession: I’m a grammar nerd (some have even called me a grammar ‘nazi’). So in the matter of when to use ‘which’ or ‘that’, I’d like to offer some helpful guidelines. “Whether or not to use ‘that’ as a relative…
Category Fiction
Not true, imagined story
Love your Antagonist!
How bad is your bad guy?What makes them tick?Evil for the sake of evil is boring. Around 4:00 this morning I awoke, thinking about the antagonist in my current WIP-in-revision (Secrets In The Mirror). Devin is identical twin to Gavin…
Number Six
This short story was published in Adelaide Literary Magazine No.15, August 2018. It is the story of a man with mental illness whose assault triggers memories of past trauma in his therapist. Having spent two hours testifying in court on…
An Ill Wind
An Ill Wind is a short story published in the Anthology of Appalachian Writers, Karen Spears Zacharias Volume XI (2019). A re-imagining of an occurrence that happened in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, it is a story of love and…
Too Strong Sequels
I am currently working on two follow-up novels to ‘Too Strong’ … Nothing bad is ever really over, is it? That’s been true for millennia – that “the sins of the fathers will be visited upon the sons to the…
Too Strong
Too Strong is an upmarket suspense grounded in themes of mental illness, loss and family secrets. Currently in revision. As a child, Katrina learned to bury feelings of abandonment, abuse and shame. Now as a tough businesswoman, she plans to…