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What is Neo-Psych Rock?

(Art by Tantra Bensko) How it sounds: Neo-Psych rock (Neo-psychedelia) is music that creates a disorienting fantastical world for the...

New Band in Berkeley

I discovered this fledgling Berkeley, California band when I overheard them practicing in a back yard, and I was drawn by their the...

Ghooolishly Good

I found The Haunting of Hawthorne by Ann Schraff in a Free Library in Berkeley, and it seemed like a good one to read to see what was...

The Mysteries of Rosebush Compel Me

Struck by a vehicle, Jane is discovered in a rather Gothic place -- sprawled unconscious in a rosebush after having been at a party,...

Better than The Ivy Tree

I adore Michele Jaffe's books and this one is particularly of interest to Romance readers because it takes an old Gothic Romance classic...

Fantastic Love Scene Balances Flaws

I admire Romance authors who have to churn out books super fast, especially to fit the exact word and formula requirements of Category ...

Romance Winner Overcomes Its Flaws

Congratulations to Colleen Hoover for this winning the GoodReads Choice Book Award 2017 with Without Merit. Every young women book...

On a Podcast with James Morcan!

Actor, Author, Screenwriter, Producer James Morcan invited me to his Underground Knowledge podcast to discuss my novels and more; our...

Hilarious Adolescent Cartoon about Romance Novels -- Big Mouth Episode 5

Head over to Netflix for this animated story of sexual awakening/married romance rekindling and set your mouth to laugh out loud. OK,...

Stick to One Genre, They Say? HA!

Not I, said the little red Tantra. This site is for my Romance-tinged Suspense fiction and that is a new direction for me. I call it...

What I Do When Writing

The coffee you see in this picture? That's the LAST thing I would ever do when writing a novel. Other than, maybe, stand on my elbow....

Bay Area Book Festival Coming Up

Looking forward to the Bay Area Book Fest. If you're in the zone, you might want to check it out. Berkeley, California. Go to this Link...

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