Bedtime and Books

Remembering childhood

Portals

Magic unrolls before us A red carpet A road of yellow bricks Walls vanish Or we pass straight through them We have become heroes Villains Ghosts All-powerful or wallflowers Any path Can become our own A journey An escape Astral projection Into endless worlds Each born onto Its own page With its own endings beginnings … Continue reading Portals

Cathedrals #FridayPhilosophy

I discovered my life In books: The hidden worlds And adventures My eyes hadn't seen. Each word Was a song Meant for me Carrying me into dreams Of far off places And wild abandon. Today I still Find answers and new questions As I turn each page. Even as my pen Casts those words, Magic … Continue reading Cathedrals #FridayPhilosophy

The LA Times BookFest…#wwwblogs

In my evolution/development as a writer, I'm thinking of my timelines in terms of titles. 2015 is the "finish the Blood Curse series year." 2016 is the "year of the festival." For those of you on the west coast, you may know that the LA Times Book Fest is coming up soon (April 18 and … Continue reading The LA Times BookFest…#wwwblogs

Friday Philosophy…

Today's quotable quotes and philosophies come to you courtesy of Nicholas Sparks. Although I often find the reading of his books to be excruciatingly painful, sometimes I truly feel he is worth the excessive amounts of Kleenex I need. 🙂 I also find that he can offer appropriate words of wisdom for different times in … Continue reading Friday Philosophy…