I was thrilled when I finally got into C2E2, comic con in Chicago. I had been trying for almost a decade. The confirmation came six months after Fan Expo rescinded my booth, three weeks before the comic con. I'm still salty about it but getting into C2E2 was awesome.

It started in 2008. Well, it really started in 1975 when I decided I wanted to be an author when I grew up. I didn't come up with the idea until I finished the Harry Potter series, after I watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Charmed multiple times. The idea grew slowly. It grew loudly. It grew fully. I daydreamed for two years, creating the characters and developing the world in which they live. It started with the magic. How would it work? Do they use wands, their hands, t

I've loved the mystery since I picked up my first Nancy Drew Mystery. You start with the problem, the theft, the murder, the wrongdoing, and dig away at the problem until you find the killer, the thief, the wrongdoer.

Honoring those who came before me.

I can't believe it's been so long since I last published a blog. It's been an incredible year of change and growth and lots of writing.

Screw it...though that's not what I actually said. Why now? One, I turned fifty-five, two I spent COVID reassessing my life, my choices,

I never have a preordained goal for the year. I don’t give the year names or themes. While I do have an overall goal for my life, I...

Are you there God Its me Margaret.

#writerslife #balance #yoga There's something about yoga. I'm reminded every time I step on my mat. Balance. Creating movement equally on...

#writerslife #writing #writersofinstagram My urban fantasy dreams take a back seat as I try to reinvent my writing career. To do it, I...

#writerslife #writing #death #life #motherhood #deathofachild Death She died twenty-four years ago. It doesn't matter why anymore. All...

#writerslife #writerscommunity #writingprocess #inmyhead Hi all. It's Sunday night. I didn't think I'd have much to say tonight. It's...

#confidence #writing #writerslife #urbanfantasyauthor #cozymysteryauthor I'm one of the lucky ones. I knew at seven years old, I wanted...

#Experience #Life #Journey #Being #UrbanFantasy #CozyMystery #Dream Our experiences are bits and pieces of our whole journey. Some are...

#promises #selfcare #urbanfantasyauthor #cozymysteryauthor #theyearofme I'm a mother, wife, and author. No, I'm an author, mother, and...

Words are everything. And with them you can say so much.

Dreams, Journey, Life

This was an important part of the book, Prophecy, that is, until my editor said it was too much of a spoiler. So here for your reading pleas

I spent the afternoon wallowing in disappointment. I left with a little disappointment floating around my head. It wasn't what I had...

You Don't Just Get Over Anxiety Anxiety isn't just something you can "Get over," or outgrow. It's fear of the unknown, it can create low...