Books & Writing

I’m excited to announce that today my newest novel ALL THEY NEED TO KNOW is being launched into the world. It’s been a long journey to publication. A journey that began decades ago when I fled a bad situation to start over at the other end of the continent. My personal story is … [Read more...] about Yay! It’s Pub Day!

Hi, All! Hope you’re having a relaxing summer. I can’t say mine has been relaxing——no summer vacation for this girl—but it’s certainly been eventful. I just turned in the first draft of my work-in-progress to my editor at Lake Union Publishing. Meanwhile, the pub date for … [Read more...] about BOOK NEWS & A GIVEAWAY

Hi all! Poking my head out of my writing cave to give you a sneak preview of coming attractions. But before I get to that, a quick update entitled “Meanwhile back at the ranch…” Here in sunny Sacrament, my garden is blooming where trenches aren’t dug. What trenches, you might … [Read more...] about A PEEK AND A POEM

  We were both newly published at the time. I was in my thirties, and she was in her forties, both with writing experience. We’d both arrived at the bookstore around the same time, pens at the ready, eager to sign the copies of our novels that were hot off the press and in … [Read more...] about “G” is for Great