So, as a bit of an update, I’ve been living for the past year in the middle of the M Streets on Lower Greeville Avenue in a building called The Bella Villa Apartments located at 5506 Miller Avenue. Apparently, the building was built in 1927 and is … [Read more...]
Character Study: Colin Jonahs
In this wide, immersive story of White Rock, the male sympathetic confidant is Colin Jonahs, the childhood-friend-turned-love-interest who compliments and complicates our heroine Laura Milton’s journey every step of the way. And he is a man that … [Read more...]
Texas Urban Legend Series
Part 3 – The Peyton Colony, Austin, TX
The Peyton Colony is a 350-acre historic site outside of Austin, Tx. It’s also known as the “Boardhouse”. The location was settled by freed slaves after the Civil War and is named for its founder Peyton Roberts. The land had been in the Coffee … [Read more...]
Texas Urban Legends Series:
Part 2 – La Llorona
It’s not unheard of for people to swoon over someone in a ‘love at first sight’ kind of situation. I think at one time or another we have all found ourselves in thrall over an alluring person who, at the time, embodies our idea of the perfect … [Read more...]
Character Study: Laura Milton
OK, I admit it. I couldn’t help but succumb to the temptation to write the protagonist in my first novel, White Rock, as a pseudo-extension of myself. In all fairness, I’m not sure ego had as much to do with my decision as much as honesty did. I know … [Read more...]