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One trait Pop and I share is our curiosity which has translated into reading books that cover a variety of topics and genres. We exchange books often, and that summer, he loaned me a memoir by CBS correspondent Michelle Miller.

For several years now, I’ve actively sought anything that would contribute to my understanding of intuition and how to tap into it, especially in my writing. Still, it has seemed out of reach for me, a fantastical superpower for only a few divinely gifted souls.

As the daughter of a radio disc jockey and having many family members in singing groups and bands of various kinds, music has always had a large presence in my life. So naturally, it plays a role in my fiction, too.

Serendipity happens in my life a lot. I used to dismiss it as coincidence. I now like to think of it as my intuition paying attention. It happens in my writing, too, and here's how it showed up in Chapter 6 of Dancing at The Royal Jade, entitled "The Knight Alone."

You may have come here expecting to read Dancing at The Orange Peel (the original working title for my novel). We can rarely (if ever) anticipate how our creativity will unfold; it’s never linear and rarely logical. So the last 6 months have brought on a host of changes. Keep reading for the TD;LR or for the full backstory to find out how all these changes have come about and what they mean for me as the author and for you, the reader.

I try to start each day with the intention to pay attention. Throughout the day, I stay aware and attuned to any ideas for my writing that present themselves to me. They often appear unbidden, sometimes gifted to me subtly. Other days, they are presented like a bonk on the head.