Angel's Furies

Some of us never tell.

Angel Kale is living the dream. Her Hollywood screenwriting career is thriving, her marriage to her sexy and loving writing partner Bryan is strong, and their beloved daughter is enrolled at a top college. But when a predatory executive threatens to expose a dark secret through a previously unpublished roman a clef she wrote decades ago, Angel must reconcile her impetuous younger self with the mature, formidable woman she's become and take action against the man who threatens to destroy all she has rebuilt in her new life.
Set against fire and flood-ravaged Los Angeles in 2017, Angel's Furies redefines Hollywood noir and presents a memorable heroine who reveals how one woman's refusal to be defined by past trauma can lead to a powerful transformation from victim to avenger.

take nine years to write it (and rewrite and rewrite and rewrite) and then lie to yourself (and others) and say that it “only” took seven.
make a major relocation move across the Pacific Ocean (say, from Los Angeles to Hawaii), packing up your entire household and shipping it while writing the next draft you’re certain will be done “in a few months.”
renovate an old Hawaiian country house on the side of a volcano where you can smell the cesspool outside your office and you discover water dripping down from the ceiling during dinner (DO however pour yourself another glass of wine).
assume you can design and plant a tropical garden on an acre of crushed lava rock and have it done in time for rainy season at which point your agent will be texting you a six-figure offer with which you plan to install an infinity pool.
allow life’s inevitabilities to defeat you, such as the death of your beloved 94-year-old mother (who was inspiration for your other novel, “101 Ways Your Mother Said You Could Die”), or a mean review of an early draft by a jealous friend.
Don’t give up.