Journal
Browse here for posts related to all aspects of my writing life including
events, news, travel, research, mythology, and musings.
Druids Today
One of my main characters in To Sleep With Stones is a mysterious blue-tattooed dwarf who runs an antiquities shop in Glasgow and practices Druidry. Creating Magus Dubh has led me on a journey into the realm of contemporary Druids. Over the past several months I've...
Shaking the Ancestral Tree
Last weekend, I attended a workshop at my local library hosted by novelist Jen Sookfong Lee. Jen, who has written novels that explore her heritage and familial roots, was Writer in Residence for the month of May. The workshop, "When Memoir Inspires Fiction" attracted...
Escaping the Mire
What do you do when you find yourself stuck in what Lovecraft calls the "hellish black mire"? Life is moving along at its usual pace and then something triggers your anxiety or depression. It happens to all of us. Depending on your level of sensitivity, it could be as...
An Elemental Prayer
Recently I discovered a prayer given to Celtic shaman Caitlin Matthews in a dream. I tweaked it slightly to work for me and have been affirming it during my first awakening meditation and again just before going to sleep. Over the last month it's brought me comfort...
Moonstruck
In the late 13th Century, our ancestors created a word for people who were believed to go insane due to changes in the moon’s cycle. Lunatic. Derived from the Old French word lunatique, and late Latin, lunaticus--folks could be moonstruck during a full moon, when...
