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Fiery New Year

1 Comment / animals, California parks and rivers, Calilfornia, cli-fi, climate change, cougars, eco-thriller, feminism, Fish & Wildlife, freedom, global warming, Kumeyaay Natives, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, mountain lions, Native American Legends, native americans, pandemic, PTSD, pumas, rape, romance, shape shifters, social justice, spirituality, trauma, watershed, women's rights, wounded warrior /

With such a lot going on in the last half year: a shift in US political structure marked by Trump’s inauguration to a second term, culture wars and global wars, an uncertain economy, plane crashes, escalating climate change, LA burning, and well . . just the holidays, I haven’t felt much like putting myself out […]

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Salmon Boy

1 Comment / conservation, eco-thriller, Fish & Wildlife, Mother Earth, Native American Legends, native americans, romance, salmon, spirituality, storytelling, watershed, Writing Fruit of the Devil /

What’s the connection between salmon and pesticides? It’s the water. Early on in my novel writing journey, an editor I met at the Santa Barbara Writers’ Conference sent my manuscript back to me with the comment, “You have a tight little thriller here, if only you’d cut out the romance, the pesticide story, and that

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