Motivate and Make it Happen

When my muse went into lockdown between 2020 and 2023, I thought she’d never come back. There was always that glimmer of hope that the ideas would return and I’d find my love and passion for writing again. I had so many manuscripts sitting in a cloud waiting to be finished, but I couldn’t hearContinue reading “Motivate and Make it Happen”

Who are you?

Pen Names, Masks and Invisibility Cloaks When I started out as a serious writer in the early 2000’s, I gave a lot of thought to choosing a pen name. I toyed with names like Seanna (Shawna) Smythe but everyone pronounced it Sienna so I tossed that one out the window. Then I tried Juanita ChavezContinue reading “Who are you?”