Once upon a time, I didn’t know what romance tropes meant. I just knew themes I loved writing about: friends to true love, woman in jeopardy, second chances, opposites attract. Then I heard about popular romance tropes and realized about my ignorance. In time, I added more tropes to my list, and some of them […]
Come to the Lake (plus a giveaway!)
Happy August! This week, the three multi-author boxed sets I have the three books I’ve written so far set in Huckleberry Lake, Idaho, came to an end. It’s always bittersweet, letting go of a set. Three at once wasn’t easy. Goodbye, Frosting & Flurries, Picnics & Promises, and Snowflakes Snuggles. I’ve loved working with the other authors, Marion Ueckermann, […]
Once Upon A Laugh – 8 Novellas, 1 (wildly) Wonderful Sample!
It’s here!! Book releases are SO much fun… all the hours and hours and hours (and hours)… (and more hours…) of endless writing, sleepless nights, wrestling with characters, editing until your eyes feel like they will shrivel up and die, all culminate into fruition because it’s done. Book is out there for people to love, […]
A #NewRelease or Two and a #Giveaway
It’s been an all-around awesome month. I hope you’ve been enjoying yourself as much as I’ve been enjoying myself. Earlier this month, Skye released (with a bit of a cover makeover). You may remember it from last year when it was in the Cherish box set. I talked about how Skye came into being […]
Black Blog and #giveaway
I have a confession to make. I’ve been totally stumped on what to blog about this week. Zilch. Zip. Nada. A big, fat, black hole of nothingness. Totally in the dark…something akin to my world a week ago when we had seven days of no power after our local substation had literally gone up in […]
Meet Shoney… before it’s too late! and #giveaway
Did you ever decide you wouldn’t buy something until later? Maybe you didn’t have the money just then, or you weren’t sure you wanted it, or you had to check whether it would fit into your house. I’m always proud of myself when I exhibit that type of restraint. Except when I make the decision […]
Writing the “perfect” man
I’m working on my eighteenth book right now and there’s this thing that happens every single time. Every single time, I forget how hard it is. I think once I type “the end” I tend to forget the blood, sweat, and tears that go into each book! But I’m in the spot now that I’ve […]
How Writers Vacation
It’s early morning on our beach getaway, and I’ve been up for a couple of hours… writing. So I thought I’d offer an account of how a writer—this writer, anyway—takes a “vacation.” The Drive: I don’t know about you, but driving always piques my imagination. On the way to the beach, our last stretch was […]
Lost in Translation?
Language. We all have one or more. We all use it to communicate. A common language unites countries, while different languages can divide. Using at least a few words in other languages has been a necessity in A Tuscan Legacy, focused on a big family of Italian origin. Then add a range international settings. Three books set […]
Journey Down Memory Lane and #NewRelease
As I visit various blogs to promote my new release, The Sleuth’s Miscalculation, I have noticed that my writing journey has come up several times. It has not only been fun but it’s been eye opening to see how the Lord has encouraged and groomed me over the years. As I look back I see […]