Cressa meets Peanut Butter Whiskey – A “Renaissance of Self” Promo
They sat facing the waterfall with a view of the golf course to their right and also beyond the waterfall. It existed beyond a wrought iron fence. Little hooded path lights dotted the golf cart path on the far side of the course near where neighboring houses sat. They provided the softest of illumination to […]
5.20.26 Terran Tarot Day
What if Your Tarot Deck Had Hidden Chapters? If you’ve ever picked up a traditional tarot deck, you know the familiar journey of the Major Arcana. It’s a beautifully structured path, a map of life’s great mysteries. But what happens when a story universe expands beyond traditional boundaries? What happens when the world of Terra […]
Creating Esther in Costume Part 2
If you haven’t seen it, here is the original post. Esther is the best friend to my lead character in the Renaissance of Self series. Esther wears a costume in Part 1 – The Escape as she competes in one the central events of the novels: the Historical Sewing Society’s Renaissance and Age of Discovery […]
Creating Esther in Costume
So one of the things in my novel, Renaissance of Self: Part 1 – The Escape, is that Cressa’s new friend Esther is competing in the Historical Sewing Society’s Renaissance Era costume competition. In the competition, Esther is recreating this painting: Esther is recreating this specific portrait. One that I have never seen before researching […]
Using Nightcafe to create my cover art
So this is the cover idea I shared when announcing I had finished my draft. Well shortly after finishing my edit to refine that draft to the point I am ready for other people’s eyes to take it in, I was caught once more by how, while this is fine… none of the characters are […]
A new novel idea has hatched
As I wrote recently. I have finished my first draft of my novel Renaissance of Self. In keeping with the advice of many established authors, I am letting that book rest. It will rest until July 1st when Camp NaNoWriMo begins and then I will spend the whole month dedicated to editing it. In the […]
A draft is done! Time to celebrate!

I am thoroughly stoked. I have finished my first draft of my first adult novel.
Digital Self- Portrait

It starts with a selfie. It became AI art, then impressionistic, and finally a digital painting. Check it out!
Hellfire Arrives on Raven’s Wings
This piece began with an ai-generated image using the words “symbol of the witch.” It was enhanced by TaLi to accentuate the raven and the hellhound. The fire dances with the Kanji for that element, overseen by a pentagram coin. The serpentine cross fills the center accompanied by 666, the ‘devil’s’ number. This bold image […]
Drain Away the Light
This piece began with an ai-generated image using the words “symbol of the witch.” It was enhanced by TaLi to accentuate the three characters and their symbolic morality. The black demon, servant to the witch, holds the pure white being for the gray witch to consume. The act of consumption pushes this dark witch into […]
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