Coming of age, darkly: Fiction about deeply troubled teens

Best coming-of-age fiction about deeply troubled teens Coming of age is a threshold - but where does it lead? And what are we becoming? And while we grow out of [...]

By |2023-02-24T16:52:41-07:00February 24th, 2023|book recommendations, coming-of-age fiction, Water Ghosts, writing and publishing|Comments Off on Coming of age, darkly: Fiction about deeply troubled teens

On the Road in the 21st Century

The best road trips aren't planned, they just happen. Jack Kerouac's On the Road seems to just happen; he writes in an episodic, stream-of-consciousness burst of life. Kerouac is a [...]

By |2022-10-20T10:04:03-07:00October 20th, 2022|book recommendations, books, coming-of-age fiction, fictional memoir, on the road|Comments Off on On the Road in the 21st Century

Best Bios about 18th & 19th century crossdressers

As the author of the historical novel Star-Crossed, a title that plays on the practice of cross-dressing, I was asked by Ben Fox, founder of Shepherd.com to share my five [...]

By |2022-04-25T10:26:11-07:00April 25th, 2022|book recommendations, books, coming-of-age fiction, historical fiction, Patricia MacPherson Nautical Adventure Series, research, what inspires me|Comments Off on Best Bios about 18th & 19th century crossdressers

Blue Moon Luck, the audiobook

Blue Moon Luck "Ambition, determination, drugs, booze, the raging hormones of youth are masterfully brought to life in this great piece of literary fiction. One of the best books I’ve [...]

By |2018-04-10T14:00:52-07:00February 21st, 2018|audiobooks, Blue Moon Luck, coming-of-age fiction, fictional memoir, Give-aways|Comments Off on Blue Moon Luck, the audiobook

Looking for Redfeather — Literary Fiction’s Spring Spotlight Award

Pleased to share the just-released review of Looking for Redfeather, recipient of  Literary Fiction Book Review's Spring Spotlight Award. "Some teens are just unmanageable – getting crazy ideas and making [...]

By |2015-07-25T13:49:39-07:00July 7th, 2015|coming-of-age fiction, Looking for Redfeather, writing and publishing|Comments Off on Looking for Redfeather — Literary Fiction’s Spring Spotlight Award
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