Joining Hands Across Generations | Newly Minted Crones
Joining Hands Across Generations – Newly Minted Crones Cronedom is not just one generation. It begins in our forties and extends to the end of life, which for some of us happens in our nineties or more. At each stage we have much to learn from one another: Newly menopausal women can learn from sisters who […]
Falling In Love With Characters
Falling In Love With Characters I understand now why authors write sequels: Because it’s tough to walk away from your characters at the end of your novel. The lead women characters in Brilliant Charming Bastard—Rose, Joyce and Maxine—have been my companions for almost two years. Rose Bingham spent her career as a professor of Biology […]
Sick of Watching
Sick of Watching – Try Shows about Strong Older Women A column on what to watch in lockdown should be obsolete. But as the saying goes, what doesn’t kill you mutates and tries again. If for any reason you are not vaccinated, please stop reading this and go do it now. But even those of us […]
The Expanding Stellaverse
The Expanding Stellaverse I started the Stella project to push back on the nexus of ageism and sexism by reminding society that older women live vivid, passionate lives. To do that, I encourage women past midlife to share our erotic stories. My upcoming novel, Brilliant Charming Bastard, is in line with that fun revolution. The […]
End the Divide between Young and Old
To Conquer – End the Divide between Young and Old One of my favorite cartoons shows a medieval king in a gold crown standing on castle ramparts with a robed advisor by his side. Down below, a crowd of angry peasants gathers to storm the castle, half of them armed with pitchforks and the other […]
Care and Feeding of Your Sexy Novel – Publishing Without an Agent
Care and Feeding of Your Sexy Novel: Publishing Without an Agent Welcome to the third part of this series on publishing your sexy novel. Here is where you can find Part 1 and Part 2. Now that you’ve signed a contract, it’s time to move from manuscript to published novel. At this point, some agents become […]
