Sharon Cupp Pennington
author of contemporary romantic suspense

Publication is  moving so fast on the new novel, Mangroves and Monsters, now. Edits are finally done, and we have a cover! And I feel every ounce the excitement I did with my debut novel, Hoodoo Money. I believe I've woven a pretty decent tale of rekindled love and island adventure. And I hope those who purchase a copy will relish the read as much as I enjoyed the writing of this sequel. Looking for a release date in November.

Hopefully, I'l...

In a time when our adult children are purportedly raising a generation of spoiled me-me-mine-mine offspring, I find myself climbing on my soapbox and disputing this claim by heartwarming example.

Protocol at my eight-year-old granddaughter’s school is such that if a student forgets his, or her, lunch money or hasn’t sufficient funds remaining on their lunch account, that child is served the dreaded “cheese sandwich” and a carton of milk....

Mangroves and Monsters, my sequel to Hoodoo Money, has been picked up by Draumr Publishing (Maryland) and, hopefully, will see the light of day early next year. Oh, I wish by the holidays, but if wishes were . . .  Well, you know - we'd all have bestsellers.

In a short story collection of Musgrave's caliber, the dilemma becomes which tale to review from The Mayan Magician and Other Stories (2009, CIC Publishers, ISBN 0-9776503-8-3).

With "The Mayan Magician," this compilation's lead story and namesake, Musgrave weaves a mystical tale of love, courage and resolute faith in the great Mayan Warrior God, Kukulkan. Musgrave's story revolves around a contemporary young May...

I'm straying from the subjects of reading and writing and critiquing this morning. Please indulge me these few nostalgic moments as I've thought about my grandmother often of late. I don't know whether it's because I'm in my sixties now and the grandmother of five, or because my body's changing. Yet again. Specifically, my hair. Although it still hangs well below my shoulders, the texture is coarser now, and my hair lacks the auburn highlights and sheen that drew praise from strangers when I ...