April 16, 2026
I'm Not Like People

I've been trying to promote Leaving the Tribe, but it's hard for me to relate to people. When an author writes an ad, she's supposed to think about what the reader wants. Give her a teaser. Make her interested. Get her to click the BUY button. 

That's all well and good, except I'm not a typical reader or writer. I write and read what interests me at the moment, so it's hard to translate that to others. I can read suspense and enjoy it, but I intersperse that with historical fiction, regular mystery, contemporary stories, and the occasional sci-fi novel. I write in mystery and women's fiction, mystery when I feel like creating a well-woven tale of discovery and WF when I have observations on the human condition from (you guessed it) the female perspective.

Leaving the Tribe is my first speculative fiction novel, but it's still women's fiction because I believe that women face challenges in the next few years that most of us can't yet see or understand.

In the world of the near future, sisters Azalea and Camilla Woods know only what they've been taught. Men head households; women bear and raise the children. Races and ethnic groups are separated into tribes. Traditional religion is the basis for society. And girls are taught that their views simply do not matter.

Sound unlikely? Read the book and find out how easily it might happen. BUY IT HERE