In the first installment of this series, I talked about the formula for this novel, or really for any novel. Now I will talk about inspiration. Writing a novel is a long process, and as I writer, I find there has to be...

In this installment I talk about the formula for how I wrote this novel. A behind-the-scenes look at the parts that made up the whole. Before we get started, here's the blurb for the book, so you know what it is about:

First off, here's the back cover blurb: What happens when we die? Viki Dobos knows. Her job is to help people talk to their dearly departed. She draws the deceased, and they come to life on the page… briefly. When a rich Russian man hires her and whisks her away to Hawaii, everyt...

It's been a long time since I've had any writing news to report. Not that I haven't been writing, I have. And writing a lot. I just haven't gotten anything new out the door. Much is coming next year, though (see below).

This project is a pretty significant departure from Shuffled Off: A Ghost's Memoir so part of me thinks I owe you all an explanation. There are no ghosts in sight. There's no deep examination of the human grieving process. What's there is acti...