Tag Archive | The House of Balestrom

New Journeys

About 4 years ago I started down a journey. I self-published my first book. I was extremely excited that I did this. I actually can’t describe the exact emotion, but there were many. I’m five books into my journey- all self-published and doing well. Not amazing, but well. What followed were two more books, The […]

Investigation You

I would like to tell you a story. It’s a story about a Hero and that Hero’s life. Like most stories, there is a journey. A journey into the unknown. A decision is given to the Hero. One that controls the outcome of something precious and profound. And if this Hero accepts this journey and […]

The House of Balestrom Chapter Excerpt

1 THE HOUSE OF BALESTROM The House of Balestrom stood intimidating above the tree lines.  Its beautiful red roof and Victorian arches reached up to the sky like hands.  The day was clear and bright as the lake that separated land and island quietly moved around the ferry that crossed it.  Sara leaned on the […]

An Unfinished (Unedited) Short Story: The Wake

I know this is probably not such a good thing to do. You would think that I would edit this first before posting it, but honestly it was not meant to ever be seen. Besides I kind of like the rawness of it. This story actually was the basis for my novel The House of […]

Writer Typecasting

Do we as writers end up typecasting ourselves? Most of us authors write series novels or novellas.  We write anything from Fantasy to Romance. Our books are bought by a colorful group of people–and we love them for it. But do we ultimately write ourselves into our own cages? I like to think this isn’t […]

BlogTalk Radio Show-Mystery Tuesday With Fran Lewis

I did my first Radio discussion on BlogTalk Radio with Fran Lewis today! I have to say this was a great experience and I look forward to the next one. Even though the show is over and you can’t ask any new questions to the host or the authors featured on the show, please feel […]