Ten Truths About Writing? I've been writing full time for, let's see, eight years. The first year was FUN! Sure, I was nervous, but I was doing it--writing while my kids were in school the way I'd dreamed when they were toddlers. I couldn't wait to sit down and type…
This is always a fun week. It's half business, half party. I usually cram a ton of work in the first days so I can pig out, chill out and enjoy Thanksgiving the rest of the week. We'll be watching football (Lions on Thanksgiving, and Michigan vs. Ohio State on Saturday--Go…
I try to live a healthy lifestyle. I want to eat clean and be fit, really I do! However, I fall far short of my health goals far too often. I'm embarrassed to admit this but...there are days I don't eat a single vegetable or fruit. I know!! It's ridiculous. Sure,…
As many of you know, I'm a pretty organized person. I'm not obsessive, and I often let things slide, but overall I feel good about how I run my business and household. That being said, it's often difficult for me to schedule the icky tasks when I have a deadline…
Happy Friday, everyone! Today I'm excited to have a special guest, Michelle Lim! For all you writers out there, November is national novel writing month! NaNoWriMo is where writers sign up to write a 50,000 word novel in one month. I'm passing this year but cheering all my friends on! Look…
One of my friends, the lovely and talented, Kristina Knight, always participates in #30DaysofThanks on Facebook and Twitter, and I decided to do the same this November. Kristina has a new release, too. First Love Again is her second Harlequin Superromance and it's out now! Click on the picture below…
This is going to be one of those posts that starts with, "When I was growing up..." so you've been warned! Anyway, when I was growing up, Halloween was a festive day, but it was much lower on the excitement scale than say, Christmas or Easter. We didn't have parties…
Howdy! Only a few days left of October, and the Craftie Ladies of Romance are writing a serial romantic suspense to celebrate Halloween. The story, Return to Autumn House (first post is linked), started last Monday, October 19 with Lenora Worth kicking it off. Each day a new author continues the…
It's Monday, and I'm not much of a Monday person, but today I am! I'm so excited to announce I just signed a two-book deal with Love Inspired for my fourth and fifth Lake Endwell books! Yay!!! Yuletide Redemption, Sam Sheffield's story, is a Christmas book and will most likely…
Fall sports, writing a book, editing another and dealing with all the "senior" details of my daughter's final year of high school have taken a toll on my brain--a BIG toll! I literally haven't been able to read a novel in two months! (!!!) That makes me sad. Reading novels…