writer and illustrator of quirky cozy mysteries & old-school hollywood romances

it's october, and fall is finally starting to stick in my neck of america. corn mazes, craft shows, pumpkin spice products, and apple cider donuts abound. 

i plan to plant some mums like i do every year, but i also expect them to die soon after...like they do every year. i can never, ever keep a mum alive. why, mother earth, why?!

on the bright side, you can read chapter one from all of my books on the books page! and yes, my two (yes, two!) pumpkin-spice-themed books are included. 

fyi: for anyone who would like to join my "exclusive early reader club," where you get an early e-book in return for an honest review, please sign up here.

quick note no. 1 -- i have embraced the conscious act of writing in lowercase across my website (minus my longer blogs and book descriptions). reportedly, an all-lowercase message increases the reader's "level of calmness." in these...odd...times in the united states, we need more spaces that are calm, that are the equivalent of a warm cup of tea and a buttered slice of toast. on this site, i want to be that tea and buttered toast. 

quick note no. 2 -- quokkas are my favorite wild animal. so by using "quokkalokka," this is my way of saying you, too, are my favorite wild animal. (insert silly snort laugh here.)