Enduring Art and The Power of Creativity for Happiness
I have a favorite author that I almost never recommend to people because I’m not sure my taste will run the same as other people’s. Anthony Trollope wrote 84 novels in his day, the Victorian era. He was a contemporary of Dickens, and like Dickens, had his work serialized in newspapers, vast sweeping plots, with […]
Why I Write WHAT I Write
I want to share something, and I hope it’s taken in the spirit I intend. There have been days when I’ve been down, or that I’ve thought maybe the genre I write in is not as “important” as other genres. Then last month, I took a writing workshop from Joshua Perkey where I was encouraged to […]
Well, This is Awesome: $50 Gift Card
It’s FALL! Time to curl up on your autumn sofa with a steaming cup and escape! If you’re a romance reader, and you want to find a new author to love but you don’t want to expend much RISK, here’s an awesome author cross-promo I joined. It’s called… FALLING IN LOVE! I, personally, can easily […]
NEW BOOK RELEASE ALERT: Mergers & Acquisitions
Book 4 in the Legally in Love Collection is live! I’m so excited to be able to announce… Mergers & Acquisitions! A chance acquisition of a priceless piece of art at a yard sale looks like the key to lawyer Jillian’s happiness—a way out of her soulless job as lawyer to Hollywood […]
Contest for a Free Paperback
WINNING THE CONTEST Once when I was in high school, I entered a contest to win free “glamour shots.” To my parents’ dismay, I won and went to collect my prize. At the last minute on a whim, I took my two younger sisters with me to the local Fred Meyer. We let the photographers do […]
Books Get Facelifts, Too
To go along with being age 45, I have had to switch to moisturizer with Retinol in it to stave off some of the wrinkles. It’s working surprisingly well. A huge thank you shout-out to skin science geniuses. Meanwhile, to go along with the release of Wills & Trust next Monday, all the books in […]
July is Party Time: So Let’s Party With a Cover Reveal!
Happy birthday, America. It seems like the whole nation is in party mode. I’ve got two big family get-togethers this month in the gorgeous, much-cooler-than-Arizona Utah mountains. Zip lines, giant swings, all the watermelon you can bust your gut with. How does your family celebrate July? One more quick party for me is that I […]
Under the Mistletoe in Paperback!
I just got word last night, UNDER THE MISTLETOE, an anthology of short stories my First and Last Date story is part of, will be available in PAPERBACK on Amazon starting this weekend. The other authors are Annette Lyon, Sarah Eden, Julie Coulter Bellon, Heather B. Moore, and Cindy Roland Anderson. How lucky am I […]
Legally in Love Series Writing Process Revealed
I have always thought it was odd when people have asked me about my writing process. I guess in my head the answer is along the lines of, “Well, I sit down in a comfy spot with my laptop, minimize distractions, and then type whatever comes into my head, which is (I always hope) a […]
Cover Reveal: LEGALLY WEDDED
I’m so excited to reveal the cover for my newest installation in the Legally in Love series. Introducing…. LEGALLY WEDDED Here’s the synopsis: Morgan Clark is desperate. With just her senior year to go at Clarendon College and her scholarship up in smoke, she suddenly finds she can’t qualify for financial aid. And until […]
