FAQs

To schedule an event, please contact me. I’m also available to Zoom with your book club, library, or bookstore. Click  here to learn more and for book club resources.

Please contact me with the following information: book description, publisher information, and book publication date, and we’ll take it from there. These days I’m mainly blurbing fiction.

Sure! Check out this page—I love sharing information about the business of publishing. However, I cannot recommend individual publishers or literary agents for legal reasons. Nor can I read and comment on your manuscript, though I wish you the best of luck. I also have a page about self-publishing here. If you’re interested in “picking my brain”, I do offer publishing consultation and coaching on a limited basis. Learn more.

Yes, you can quote from one of my books in your book/manuscript/website. Fair use law allows quoting published work within reason as long as it is properly attributed. Contact me with the quote, and we’ll take it from there.

As far as book reviews, FTC regulations requires me to state that everything reviewed on this site are either purchased retail or received from the publisher/author in exchange for an honest and unbiased review. I only feature books I like—life is too short to spend time on things that don’t bring joy. To submit a book for review, please contact me.

If you’re lost, or are missing, a booklet or card from one of my decks, you need to contact the publisher or seller directly for a replacement—I’m sure they will do all they can to set you right!

•  To contact the publisher, look for their contact information on the card box or booklet copyright page. If you’re missing the book or booklet, the Amazon product page for the deck will list the publisher under “Product Details.” From there, a quick Google search will get you their website with their contact info.
• If you purchased the deck second hand, you need to contact the seller.

If you have a question about The Goddess Tarot app, it’s now available online. Visit site to learn more.

If you’re looking for a copy of The Goddess Inspiration Oracle, it’s back in print. Learn more or purchase.

As far as my relationship with the tarot, I consider it another form of storytelling. I’ve been working with the cards for a very long time! My first exposure to the tarot occurred when I was a child after an older cousin, whom I regarded as infinitely sophisticated, showed me a deck. Though I was immediately struck by the cards’ beauty and mystery, it wasn’t until I turned twenty that I began working with them in earnest. And yes, I read the tarot professionally and offer workshops and classes on it. I even have a book coming out about this, which is for writers and creatives wanting to incorporate the tarot into their life.

It’s posted here. Bottom line: I do everything I can to protect and respect your privacy.

My early illustrated books sold out their printings. The good news is some of them are available as e-books. Books available include: The Book of Goddesses and The Goddess Tarot guide book.

I’ve published over a dozen books, ranging from children’s picture books to nonfiction for adults. Recent books are Bad Princess from Scholastic Books and The Lost History of Dreams, which received a Kirkus starred review and was named a CrimeReads best book of the year. I’ve also created several tarot and card decks.

Though I began my publishing career as a book illustrator, these days I’m mainly writing. I’m currently at work on a historical novel as well as Tarot for Storytellers, a book that arose from the popular tarot workshops for writers and creatives I’ve been teaching since 2019. My most recent books are Unnatural Creatures: A Novel of the Frankenstein Women, which was released late 2022 to critical acclaim, and a special edition full color book commemorating the 25th anniversary of The Goddess Tarot. Learn more here.

My debut novel.

When I’m on a book deadline, I try to work as often and as long as possible. Seriously. If you knew how many hours I work, you’d be shocked. Fortunately, I love what I do and do what I love. My creative synopses fire best when I can work with as little interruption as possible. Clearly, this is difficult in everyday “real life”, but my family is very, very tolerant. It helps they’re creative types too.

In terms of technical stuff, I draft my books in Scrivener, which allows me to write in a nonlinear fashion: a scene here, a detail there. Once I have a completed draft, I edit in Word. I’m also a big fan of lists and spreadsheets.

I often organize my book revisions with spread sheets. Much easier to see at a glance what’s what for this visual girl!

I’m drawn to lushly written novels with a romantic, gothic sensibility. I love the novels of Sarah Waters, Jessie Burton, Molly Greeley, and Audrey Niffenegger. I also love historical fiction. I adored A. S. Byatt’s Possession, Diane Setterfield’s The Thirteenth Tale, V.E. Schwab’s The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, and Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch. Sarah Perry’s The Essex Serpent is another novel that blew me away. I devoured Lev Grossman’s The Magicians trilogy. I also read a lot of YA and MG novels: Rainbow Rowell, John Green, Rebecca Stead, among others. However, my favorite books of all time are probably Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. I’ve reread both often.

For nonfiction, I can’t resist food memoirs such as Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential, Julia Child’s My Life in France, and Ruth Reichl’s memoirs, especially her first one, Tender at the Bone. More recently, I adored Helen Macdonald’s H is for Hawk.

As far as artists, when I was in college I discovered the work of the Pre-Raphaelites—most especially the work of William Morris, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and Edward Burne-Jones. The illustrations of Alan Lee, a mentor the year I lived in England at the start of my career, was another huge inspiration. I’ve also found inspiration in the work of Joseph Cornell and Jean Cocteau—artists who intermingle the magical with the material in a multitude of mediums and formats. Most of all, I find inspiration and support in my author and artist friends. No creative person can work in a vacuum—we need the community of like-minded souls.

One of my favorite Rossetti paintings. It’s even lovelier in person.