My Cardboard Balcony

I have started a new mini-series. Don't worry - this does not mean that my current novel will be left unfinished, though I may take a brief hiatus to focus on other projects. One of which, by the way, is a secret (Shhhh! It's a Christmas present! Don't pry me for answers!). My first completed mini-series, "Happy Distribution," focused mainly on the concept of doubt and second guessing a solid relationship for the sake of past infatuation. This next series, tentatively titled, "Full of Grace," will be regarding a personal conflict that I had to deal with some time ago, and still have to deal with on a minor level. Specifically, it deals with the concept of religion clashing with sexuality. Even more specifically, it focuses on Catholicism and a same-sex couple, with the protagonist almost fanatically attempting to get her marriage acknowledged in the church that she was raised in and cares deeply about. I was raised and confirmed Catholic as a young g...

A Wrathful Blizzard by Belinda Roddie It wasn't snow that had fallen, and it wasn't white.

Fifteen jobs had been outsourced, and fifteen hardworking citizens were sent home. The fifteenth of them was Sylvia Clement, and she had been toiling at her career for a solid twenty years. She hated the fact that she would have to go home, to her ailing father and her wife on disability, and let them know that their income had been cut in half. Maybe they would have to sell the house. Maybe, Sylvia feared, she would have to pretend she was twenty-two again and start entirely from scratch.