by admin | Jun 6, 2021 | About Me, Publishing, Uncategorized
This is how it begins. You’ve just gotten the call – your dream agent loves your book. After years of steady effort, you are on your way! The two of you get down to work – reviewing, revising, refining – until you both love the product, and it’s time to go live. The...
by admin | Apr 21, 2021 | About Me, Uncategorized
The sequel to Vasilisa is coming next fall! Elena the Brave picks up the story with Vasilisa and Ivan’s daughter, Elena, who is destined for more adventure. Spoiler — if you like dragons, this book is for you! This is a first draft of chapter one, but I...
by admin | Feb 27, 2021 | About Me, Uncategorized
I took up the tarot about a year ago. I’ve always been drawn to these cards, the evocative, colorful pictures, each imbued with a sense of both history and mystery. Redolent of Italian parlors and gypsy caravans, the cards embody romance, adventure and the...
by admin | Jan 26, 2021 | About Me, Uncategorized
Starr Creek Press is thrilled to announce the addition of Risotto “Rizzo” Mathison to our editorial staff. Rizzo joins us from the peach farm down the street and brings to his new job absolutely no skills whatsoever. He is cute, though. He will start at...
by admin | Jan 19, 2021 | About Me, Uncategorized
Writing a novel inspired by Russian mythology is tricky. There’s not much in the written record. When scribes were recording every aspect of Greek, Roman or even Celtic mythology, Slavic lore existed in a largely oral tradition. Before I wrote Vasilisa, I...
by admin | Jan 6, 2021 | About Me, Uncategorized
My parents split up when I was six years old. They got back together when I was eight, but in those two years of loss and longing and learning, something miraculous happened. I became a writer — long before I first “picked up a pen.” It’s a...
