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Please consider purchasing a print copy of Luz. For every print copy purchased until my book anniversary, June 9, 2021, I will donate half of my earnings to Border Angels, an organization of [...]

This past weekend was the Pulpwood Queens Girlfriend Weekend! Theme this year was Slumber Party! Prose and the Pandemic author panel was moderated by Eileen Sanchez, with Valerie Taylor, Meryl [...]

I found out today that LUZ is short-listed for the 2020 Sarton Award for contemporary fiction, winner to be announced in April. I have been inspired by May Sarton for DECADES, and this particular [...]

So honored and proud to have my essay “The Better Story: Why I Prefer Fiction” published on Story Circle Network’s Telling Herstories Blog. It began as I was thinking about the books that I read [...]

Cooking Lived Experience into the Written Word   I’ve teamed up with two amazing women for this fabulous event—a special FREE webinar on October 21 hosted by Story Circle Network—an [...]

Here’s the link to this morning’s interview. I’m still overwhelmed by the lovely comments and insights that Diane Dewey shares about her reading of Luz. She asked me some penetrating and [...]

What an honor for Luz to be chosen as Brooke Warner’s Book Pick of the Week on Write-minded podcast. Write-minded is a Weekly Inspiration For Writers, a “unique blend of inspiration and real talk [...]

Special Virtual Event with the Sacramento Public Library: Female Protagonists’ Quest to Make Their Voices Heard  Celebrating 100 years of women’s right to vote. Join Shelley Blanton-Stroud (Copy [...]

What is the book about? Luz is actually the story that protagonist Alma can never tell her daughter Luz. While the novel begins with the mother and daughter in 2015, the heart of the book is [...]

Women Writers, Women’s Books has republished my essay written back in March as we began to shelter-in-place. http://booksbywomen.org/finding-common-ground/ Finding Common Ground: Writing Across [...]