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People Watchin' is my Favorite Hobby!

When I first sat down to write this blog post a few days ago, I had no idea what I wanted to say. Did I want to be quirky and funny? Perhaps serious and inspirational? Or just excited about my upcoming release, which will hit the ebook shelves in less than a month?

It's Release Day for One Night in Napa!!

It’s here! It’s here! I’m so excited that it’s release day for One Night in Napa! This is my third “twenty-four hour romance,” and if you haven’t read my other two, I hope you’ll pick this one up for a treat. This romance unfolds over a single day and night: 24 chapters in 24 hours. News reporter Grant Walker and mysterious missing stranger Kira March find themselves trapped inside the March mansion overnight…where Grant stumbles upon a secret so big, it could boost his entire career – but it’s the same secret that Kira is bent on protecting at all costs. Who’s going to win – and what happens when a power outage and attraction bigger than they both bargained for get in the way?

Write What You Know

“Write what you know” is one of the oldest pieces of advice. And for new authors, at least, it’s often easier to create plotlines that are based at least loosely on things/people/events we have right at our fingertips. Of course, many successful authors create characters and worlds based on nothing they have actually “known” or experienced. Think about Star Wars or Dracula, or even Harry Potter. This is where precise research or terrific imagination comes into play. However, I’ve never been one of those authors. I have discovered that my novels, contemporary love stories, almost always draw either consciously or subconsciously on moments I have lived, people I have met, places I have been.

EPPIE Finalist One Night in Memphis Now in Print!!

“I couldn’t put it down…”

“I had to stay up all night to finish it even though my eyes were burning and I had to work early the next morning…”

“This story is exciting, funny, scary, poignant, and heart touching…”

It's Time to Mingle!

I have a confession to make: I am not shy in public. Oh, once upon a time I might have been, when I first appeared at a book signing and didn’t know what on earth what to wear or what to bring or what to say to people. But since then, I’ve gotten over that fear. Here’s the thing: I really like meeting readers and other authors.

And So the Cycle of Winter Begins Again

The chill of winter has arrived here in New York State. The leaves have finally given up their last hold on the trees, and most mornings find a sprinkling of snow across our lawn and driveway. We turn up the heat, dig out our sweaters and extra-warm socks, and curse the sun that sets before five.

The Day the World Changed

I’m both honored and humbled to be blogging here today – you see, I’m still somewhat of an emotional mush when it comes to September 11th. Seven years ago today, of course, the world as we knew it shifted.

Everything Can Change in 24 Hours...

It’s release day for One Night in Memphis! Now, I know you could read the blurb:

It's Release Week in Boston!

Well, sort of. My first-ever contracted novel releases in print this Tuesday, May 27! Have you read One Night in Boston yet? Here’s the blurb, to whet your appetite…

Who's Your Hero?

It inevitably happens: I’m sitting at my computer, struggling through the first draft of a new story, and he walks by. He stops, looks over my shoulder, reads a few lines, and asks, “Are you writing about me?”