07 Mar Win a Copy of The Progeny
This month is all about celebrating the paperback release of Firstborn, the second installment of the House of Bathory duology. But you must start this tale of love, ancient secrets, and survival at the beginning...
17 Feb On Writing Iscariot
From the Author's Note in Iscariot: A Novel of Judas I ran away from this story for about a year before casually mentioning even the possibility of it to author friends and my agent. I did it with the full expectation and slight hope they would...
09 Feb Journey through Lent with Judas
History has called him many things: Thief. Liar. Traitor. Reviled throughout history and infamous for his suicide, he is the man whose very name is synonymous with betrayal . . . And the only disciple that Jesus called “friend.” Judas. As I was writing Iscariot, I immeresed myself in biblical...
05 Jan My Grandfather’s Legacy: Inspiration For a New Year
(Pictured Above: Grandpa, my dad on his lap, my uncle standing by. Dad would go on to become a professor and his brother a future Minister of Defense. But first they would endure years of poverty and near-starvation during the Korean War.) My grandfather, a school...
22 Nov Tosca’s Thanksgiving Stuffing Recipe
My step-grandma used to make the most fabulous Thanksgiving stuffing (and, if we were lucky, she made in on Christmas, too). She’s no longer with us, and so, given that I used to single-handedly eat half the pan, I took it upon myself to continue...
06 Oct Why We Write
People are mystified and intrigued with writers. When someone asks what I do I say I’m a writer, the light in their eyes changes. And then, because I have boobs, they ask if I write romance or children’s stories. “No,” I say, eyes narrowing. “I write about...