BIG REVEAL! Book Cover Art
The Brothers Washburn, whose excellent YA horror novel PITCH GREEN scared the heck out of me last year, have a new entry coming out in the campfire story chill-inducement genre: MOJAVE GREEN. I don’t know much about the plot of this little baby, but I do know Pitch Green told the story of a creepy […]
Why February in Phoenix Was the Place to Be
I just returned night before last from the annual ANWA Conference in Phoenix. This is my fifth or sixth year to attend, and I have to reiterate that in February, Phoenix is the place to be. I’m telling you, the weather was fantastic. All you suckas stuck in the snow who opted out of the […]
BIG IN JAPAN Optioned for Film
It’s official. I have the check in my hot little hand. My sumo wrestler novel BIG IN JAPAN has been optioned for film. Yay!
Announcing the Release Dates of the Ripple Effect Romance Series
I’m delighted to have been included in a collaborative series of clean romance novels debuting this spring. It’s called the “Ripple Effect Romance” series. The idea is that in each book, a character from the next makes an appearance. They’re tied together, but only loosely, like a ripple in a pond. Mine, IMMERSED, is #6 […]
Newly Available on Kindle: Hopeless Crush
This all started because of a dream I had. In 2006, I had a book published by Spring Creek Book Company. As all traditionally published authors know, the publisher gets the say in the cover and the title of the book. Mine was called A Little Sisterly Advice. It’s the story of Julia Cronquist, a […]
Saving Money in the New Year (With a Good Husband)
So, Christmas spending was wild and crazy. I needed to bounce back from that, but then my Kitchen-Aid stand mixer sort of broke its neck, and my ice maker in my fridge went seriously berserk. We’re talking a frozen waterfall–almost something I can imagine Sting writing lyrics about, with a dead salmon in it, but […]
I Love a Good Funeral
My husband’s aunt passed away a week ago. She’d been ill with brain cancer for nearly three years, and had suffered greatly in the past few months, and so we’d had time to prepare ourselves. But I don’t think you’re ever fully prepared, even if you’d prayed for that person’s release and wished for their […]
Tears for the Hashtag
A couple of days ago I found myself in a Twitter blur, just scrolling through strangers’ tweets, wondering what makes people want to broadcast 140 characters of … whatever… into the cybersphere. It’s fun. I like Twitter. It’s kind of a noncommittal medium. You say it but it floats away. Like on the wings of […]
Warm Winter Wonder
I know the November public thank-a-thon is over, but I have to publicly state something I’m thankful for: heat. By heat, I mean central heating in my house. What a fabulous invention! I love it so much that I find myself rejoicing in it every day, especially after going without it for so long. It’s not like […]
Agonizing Christmas Card Etiquette Debate
This decision is stressing me out. It’s worse than the stress I’m feeling about the three writing deadlines I have coming up right after Christmas. It’s more stress than getting all the shopping and baking and visiting and serving done that makes it feel like “the season.” The decision? Whether it’s okay to send my […]
