Mystical happenings

I have two mystical stories to share regarding my writing. The first is about Just Another Desert Sunset, my coyote shifter book 1. I wrote this book when we lived in Tucson and of course it was inspired by my desert surroundings. When I was at my desk one morning I happened to look out the window to see a coyote in our front yard. Our eyes met. And when he limped off and I realized he had a hurt leg I got chills. I was just writing the part where my coyote gets shot. While I was living there I protested against the predator masters who come into Tucson for the express reason to shoot coyotes and other animals that live in the desert. I gave money to the Coyote Project and mentioned them in my 2nd book of the series. And while we are on the subject, I've written a 3rd book in the series--Dream Catcher--very different than the first two, mostly a story of lost love (hopefully regained) and a woman having psychological problems...but good nonetheless! Still about the coyote and the woman he loves (or used to!) Find out for yourself here.

The second strange and wonderful magical happening was after I published The Night of the Jaguar. This is one of my Summer McCloud paranormal mysteries (my amateur sleuth can talk to ghosts) It takes place in Akumal where Summer and her new husband, Jerry have gone to honeymoon. When Jerry disappears and she tries to find him, the mystery part heats up fast. (There is a very serious element to this book which I won't reveal in case you haven't read it) A jaguar becomes a large part of the mystery and leads the way to...that's all I will say on the subject...but know that the jaguar is a mystical creature that is associated with foreknowledge and the power to face one's fears. After publishing and after I gave money to the Northern Jaguar project , I felt the spirit of the jaguar hanging out around me. When I went for a walk the jaguar was there, weaving around my legs. The sensation lasted for a week and then he was gone. I think the jaguar was thanking me from bringing attention to this magnificent animal.

This is why I write.

Please take advantage of my discounted books this season. You can find them on my website here. And thanks for reading!!!

NEW YEAR (and book) coming!

Ten Thousand Doors of January meets Sorcery of Thorns.

New book will be out in the beginning of the New Year! It's taken a long time for this one--started in response to the Roe decision and finding its own merry way since then! (My characters have an annoying habit of doing whatever they want, despite my attempts to rein them in) My heroine is a young girl many many years in the future, after climate change has taken its toll. The story is not so much a quest as it is a journey toward the truth with lost of twists and turns to keep the reader on the edge of his or her seat.

I have not written a blog in a long while--and I have not marketed my books. Found out that marketing is absolutely necessary in order to have my titles in front of the right eyes. Still not sure who those eyes belong to, but searching. Maybe you are among them? Anyone who has signed up here should have the necessary dreaminess to be my reader...(please pass this blog on to any of your friends who might be so inclined.)

My energy levels have been lower than usual due to politics and health issues. These things happen in all our lives--hoping to get back in the groove right away, despite the onset of the dreaded holidays. Have I mentioned how much I hate this season? My hate has little to do with the season itself--I love the cold weather and the tree and the celebrations to bring back the light--it's more about the expectations of gift giving and the general feeling that I'm never doing enough. The Solstice is a time I revere, and used to celebrate. Lately it goes by the wayside in the flurry of craziness that this culture seems to thrive on. Drivers turn vicious, people get cranky and everyone seems to enter into a collective insanity that lasts through the New Year.

Happy Thanksgiving and Solstice to you all and I hope you can find peace during this chaotic time.

Good Intentions gone awry...

I promised myself that I would be posting more often...but did I? NO. I could come up with a dozen excuses but they are all lame.

In solidarity with the lack of posting I also have been doing NO marketing. NONE. ZERO. I haven't even checked my sales on kindle, which would be depressing anyway because, you guessed it--NO MARKETING.

I have however been working on my new book--the one I posted about a hundred years ago--remember? I have 100 pages written so far and some interesting developments have arisen regarding my raven character. I won't say anything further about this since I don't want to give away the plot. I am getting more excited about the story now that the characters seem to have taken hold and are writing it without my help. Love it when that happens! I will only say that my character Sylvie (of the forest) has visited some very interesting settlements in the 2400's--some good and some very very bad--I guess it could be described as dystopian, but I prefer to call it magical realism...the themes are really about women and our distinct lack of power...(in the present as well as my imagined future.) Will it be solved in one book, this dilemma of power in the hands of men?

I have also discovered Inkarnate--anyone know what that is? I didn't until a friend showed me the incredible map she'd done for her WIP! I was astounded and wanted to learn it for myself--with her help I'm plugging along--costs $5 a month for the pro version and there is soooo much to choose from! Seriously cool. Hoping I can make it professional enough to add to the book--the world Sylvie's traveling through needs to be visualized.

While you are waiting impatiently for my new book please take a look at what I have out there...there are many to choose from, including the 3rd in my Coyote shape-shifting series. It is a woman's story for sure. Go to DreamCatcher on Amazon...(tried to copy and paste here but I'm now working on an LG monitor and things are not working as they should) Maybe just head over to Nikki Broadwell and you can see all my books--of course they are also on this site too...perhaps that's the way to get to Amazon? I am clueless when it comes to problems like these...AAARGH.

Forgive my ineptitude...

Thanks for reading