A Ranch to Keep is back, with a new cover and in great company! This edition can be found at Walmart for a limited time, as well as at all online retailers. I’m very happy that A Ranch to Keep…
My First Book is Back in Print!
Follow Your Inner Moonlight.
I love this quote. “Follow your inner moonlight. Don’t hide the madness.” I’m sure it can mean many things to many people. But it makes me think of all those nights in my late thirties, when I lay awake feeling…
Read, Listen and Write
Recently I came across this quote from Natalie Goldberg’s classic book, Writing Down the Bones. Have you read that book? It holds a place of honor on my writing craft bookshelf. Ms. Goldberg writes, “Basically, if you want to become…
Using a Timer Can Improve Your Health
As writers, we are good at what we do because we can drift away into an imaginary world for hours. That’s probably a good thing for the stories we’re writing, but it might not be a good thing for us.…
A Snippet From My Work in Progress
A few of you have been kind enough to send me notes, wondering when my next book is coming out. And the answer is, I still don’t know! I’m working on an entirely new story, the story I started for…
A Little Rodeo Research
I’m starting to write a series about a small town rodeo so I really want to spend some time at rodeos this year. I haven’t been to a rodeo in ages! Last summer I was determined to get to a…
2017, My Year of Reckoning.
What a year 2017 has been! A year of reckoning for sure. A roller coaster year, politically and personally. A year where my books were finalists or winners of several contests. That was thrilling! A year where I wrote my…
Fun Facts about Falling for You!
Ten things to know about Falling for You: 1) It’s an anthology with ten romance novellas. 2) Each novella takes place in a small town in the fall, so there are lots of pumpkins and fall leaves and fall holidays,…
Turning Lemons to Lemonade at Barnes & Noble
Life is what we make it, right? Turning lemons into lemonade is a real thing, a life skill we should teach our kids because in real life things go wrong all the time. That was the case yesterday when my…
Advice for New Romance Writers
For the past few years I’ve helped judge contests for new romance writers. And each year, I see so many similarities in the entries. So I thought I’d jot down a few tips for new romance writers, based on what…
