Four days after signing a contract for DIVA IN THE DUGOUT, I’m still riding the high that comes with a first sale. But in the quieter moments (read: when I’m not jumping like a maniac and talking 3,000 miles a minute), I find myself wondering: What just happened here? Yes, Read more…
Cyberspace is a funny place — both funny in the “ha-ha” sense and just plain strange. How do I know? Take a look at some of the search terms people have used recently to get to my blog: only fear (the mindhunters). Okay, that one’s not so strange. “Only Fear” Read more…
When the universe starts talking, you listen. Actually, I’m not sure if it’s just that the universe is talking or if I’m just more inclined to listen now that I’ve made the decision to take the self-publishing plunge. Or maybe it’s really true that Sedona’s hippy-dippy, woo-woo psychic energy vortex Read more…
The Boston Marathon bombing was a horrendous tragedy, and plenty of folks more eloquent than I am have expressed their thoughts much better than I ever could. Why’s that? I write romantic comedy. I don’t do well with dark moments, tears and a heavy heart. My whole family’s like that. Read more…
Who AM I? In high school and college, I was the nerdy kid so many loved to hate: I finished papers early and often set the curve. The semester I spent in England, I turned in my British Studies research paper — on “Wuthering Heights” — early so I could Read more…
A new theory has been simmering in my brain for the last few weeks. Want to hear it? Of course you do. If you didn’t, you wouldn’t be reading my blog, right? Authors — and readers — have TBR piles. More likely than not, they’re towering TBR piles that threaten Read more…
The most recent snowstorm that socked Flagstaff left me wearing snowboots. They’re heavy, clunky boots that, while keeping my feet dry and at least a little warm, tend to gobble my socks. Because of their penchant for leaving me with one sock off and the other half on, I can’t Read more…
Love and laughter have been in short supply in my little corner of the Internet, and for that I apologize. I’ll try to blog more often. I want Love & Laughter to grow better … faster … stronger in 2013. Yes, that’s in addition to all the REAL writing I’m Read more…
I was glad to say yes when Amy Raby, one of my Starcatchers sisters from the RWA Golden Heart class of 2011, asked me to take part in the Next Big Thing blog hop. Unlike Amy, I don’t have a book scheduled for release. But I’m happy to talk about one Read more…
With Sept. 30-Oct. 6 being Banned Books Week, I want to go on the record: People — of all ages — should be able to read what they want. Yes, even those poorly written “Fifty Shades” books, if that’s what keeps them turning the pages. It’s not so important what Read more…