My wife and I have been playing catch-up on Dancing With The Stars for the last two weeks. ABC makes all its prime-time shows available for free on their website the day after they air, so we rolled-back to the beginning of the season, cuddled up on the couch and queued it up.

I am not [...]

I’ve recently joined a writing site: The Next Big Writer. It’s devoted to writers submitting work-in-progress and exchanging reviews with an eye toward improvement. It’s exactly what I’ve been looking for since I completed June Betrayals and I joined with high hopes. I haven’t had other writers critiquing my work in a long time and [...]

What’s wrong with this scene?

Sheryl tossed her rich, luxurious mane of raven-black hair over her shoulder, the late-afternoon sunlight filling it with highlights. “Kiss me,” she said.

Rico took a long, leisurely sip of his Sumatran double-expresso, the half-and-half and two packets of raw cane sugar helping it slide down his throat like liquid gold. He [...]