When I was in high school I had a creative writing class. We were given writing prompts and mine were always different. The class was asked to write about a picnic. Everyone else wrote about a picnic with friends and family. I wrote from the ants’ point of view. We were asked to write about a dark room. Everyone wrote about a “dark room.” I wrote a ghost story. My first published piece was a poem inspired by a toilet paper commercial. It was a great poem. Not crappy at all. I get my ideas from weird places and it’s fun. There’s a link attached to the picture if you’d like to read the poem

My First Published Piece

I love my Philippa Marlowmellow stories. Granted I only have one out at the moment, but I have a several story ideas ready to write. Philippa is a smart, sassy, strong chick. She runs a detective agency out of the dregs of Mallowtown. A place called the Pink. She likes being in the Pink. There’s never a dull moment.

Philippa was born out of a writing exercise. My writing group was to choose a picture and write 500 words. My 500 became 3000 and Philippa was born.

My friends from the writing group encouraged to publish this little piece. And I did. My friend Kayelle and I worked on the cover. Kayelle has created covers for her own books that are amazing. She did an amazing job on Philippa’s cover. I love this cover, but it doesn’t seem to tell the story. I’ve had some people tell me they thought it was a children’s story, but it’s not.

So I needed a new cover. Changing to a new cover is scary for me.  The cover has been ready for a while, but I haven’t done anything with it. I love the new graphics. It tells the story. You know it’s not a children’s story. It depicts the Noir aspect of the piece. So why haven’t I done anything? Fear. I was afraid that the new cover wouldn’t help sell the short story. Then the little voice in my head said I was an idiot. It’s not selling now, so nothing will change. Put the cover on the book. And I did.

Meet Philippa Marlowmellow

So here is the new cover. I like it. It’s cool. I love the dark Noir aspect of it. I love the innocence of the chick. Philippa may look innocent, but she knows the score.

It’s available on Amazon and Books2Read.

Stay tuned for more Philippa Adventures.