I am delighted to announce my first poetry collection has been published!

The Wicked Come is a collection of Dark Romantic and Gothic Horror poetry from the horror  writer Rainbow Reed. 

The collection explores the darker side of…

Please join us 5/20/13, 7 - 7:30 pm EST (6 PM CST), as Tiferet Talk Host Melissa Studdard speaks with fabulous poet and creative nonfiction writer Molly Peacock about a variety of topics, including her newly released book The Paper Garden: Mrs. Delany Begins Her Life's Work at 72.



Former Poet-in-Residence at the American…

To celebrate The Lake House arriving in stores my publisher, Gallery/ Simon & Schuster, will be giving away copies next week to She Writes members. So check in next Wednesday for more details.

Last Thursday I did my first reading of, The Lake House, at a…

Sean C. Sousa found me on the list of Book Blogger website and asked if I would review his book and what a delight it has been. Here is my Review of this wonderful Sci-Fi novel with a serious message for young and old. 

A book I can recommend with great pleasure.

Today on Aspired Writer I have a Give away of this good book

'The Count's Last Mistress'



A lovely Historical Romance with an intriguing plot that keeps you glued to the pages till the very end. The story plays off in France after the Revolution and its citizens had to make away for themselves with what ever was at hand. Women could now venture out and make money of their own, being more independent than what…

Warning: Explicit image, not suitable for children under the age of 18

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Escape (Vampire…

Every day brings more excitement as my publication date comes closer. The invitations for my launch party arrived today. Postcards created by Gallery Books are being shipped with the orders from my online bridal business www.elegantbridaldesigns.com.…

The doorbell rang just as I was sitting down to write this blog. I went downstairs and found a large box from Gallery Books on my doorstep. I ran to my neighbor’s house with the heavy item, because this moment couldn’t be done alone, and opened up the large container. A rush of emotion filled me - seven years of…

My report on the Feminist Porn Awards and Feminist Porn Conference, "Organic, Fair Trade Porn: On the Hunt for Ethical Smut" is up at The Daily Beast!

Hi Everyone,

Here is the next in my Author Profiling posts!

Please welcome Karen Mahoney! I hope you all enjoy this wonderful author!

She is also offering a GIVEAWAY! See the bottom of this post for details!…

Title: The Struggle of Me

I've posted a new poem, "When You Talk About Food, It's Complicated", that is inspired by a recent New York Times City Room article.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2013/03/when-you-talk-about-food-poem.html

He entered behind me shutting the door once he was in and I heard the locks engage.

My breathing stopped. What was I thinking? Locked in a car not only with a strange man in the backseat, but his rather large driver as well. He could take me anywhere. The two of them could easily overpower me.

My heart thumped in my chest and I tried not to look as frightened as I was feeling. I swallowed down the lump in my throat and took a deep breath. No one knew where I was, who I was…

Read more about the educational and literary connections of The Boy From Willow Bend by fellow SheWrites member,Joanne C. Hillhouse: http://womanlution.wordpress.com/2013/02/25/persevering-like-palm-trees-in-the-wind-of-adversity-the-boy-from-willow-bend-by-joanne-c-hillhouse/

Writers have been playing The Next Big Thing for a while now, so I was pleased when poet, writer and editor, Sarah Cortez tagged me.  I reviewed Sarah's most recent book of…

I am delighted to be a part of The Next Big Thing, the “authors and the authors who love them” weblog chain in which I answer questions about what I’m working on and get to introduce you to two gifted friends and writers. Ruth Ozeki tagged me for this, and her long-awaited novel, A Tale for the Time Being, is coming out in March.  I got a sneak peak at it in…

I remember Mom standing at the top of steps on her little landing outside her back door. We were leaving DeAnza Mobile Home Park, her home for the past four years. I knew that she might be leaving for the very last time, but in her mind, she was just spending the night at my house and then going for a month-long trial, to check out Sunshine Villa, a classy assisted living place up above the Boardwalk in Santa Cruz.

(Why do they give homes for old people names like that? Sunshine…