Have you ever entered a contest hoping to win anything other than first place? Whoever heard of such a thing, right? I mean, maybe you just hoped to win any of the awards. If you can’t win it’s always thrilling to at least place or show. I know I’ve beenContinue Reading
A couple of months ago author Susan Schwartz (who I know because of another author friend, Pamela K. Kinney), sent me an email that floored me. (In a good way.) Here’s what she wrote: Courtney, I have been enjoying Haunt Jaunts for a couple of years now, but only justContinue Reading
The real trouble with the CDC’s messaging is they’re trying to appeal to people’s goodness again. Not sure why. That didn’t work at the start of the pandemic when they asked people to mask up in the first place. Never thought that would become such a big issue, or aContinue Reading
Last year we bought a sailboat. A COVID-inspired purchase. But not an altogether unexpected one. Wayne had wanted a sailboat for years. The pandemic was the catalyst he needed to finally take the plunge. I, however, never wanted a sailboat. I thought a motorboat of some kind sounded interesting. However,Continue Reading
In February I received word that my story, “How to Conjure the Spirit of Charles Dickens in the Haunted Mirror at the Omni Parker House” had been accepted for The Feminine Macabre, a new all-women, nonfiction anthology that Amanda Woomer from Spook Eats was developing. Well, The Feminine Macabre: AContinue Reading