• Just Some Thoughts,  Tuesday Tips

    Influences

    Don’t be afraid of it. It’s an artist’s fuel. Sometimes influences are easy to spot. Like French singer and producer Willy William’s “Voodoo Song” remixed as Colombian singer J Balvin’s “Mi Gente”.

  • Books

    New Bundle

    I am honored to have my title THE GLASS SLIPPER PROJECT featured in the fun bundle Boss Chick’s Bodacious Destiny. Instead of me telling you about it, read the blurb here:

  • Free Story

    Free Short Story: Well-worn Dreams

    Candice prefers fantasy to real life. She fantasizes about a better life but mostly about the stranger she sees at the library. The stranger fulfills all her dreams. Until one tiny action threatens to change that. Forcing her to face reality in a way she never thought she could. “Well-worn Dreams” by National Bestselling author Dara Girard is free on this site from only the 17th to 24th .

  • Just Some Thoughts,  Tuesday Tips

    You’re smarter than you think

    I’ve been working on revising and updating my nonfiction book The Writer Behind the Words. A lot has changed since its release in 2007. But one thing hasn’t changed. Writers still doubt themselves. They turn to others to guide their creativity and manage their careers, which can be to their detriment at times.