Books & Writing

New cover, sweet deal. I am excited to announce my novel "Woman in Blue" is an Amazon Kindle Daily Deal today.  My story of estranged sisters reunited in a seaside setting is dedicated to my late sister Patty, which makes it near and dear to my heart. Give it a try if you're … [Read more...] about Woman in Blue Kindle Special

I was 12 years old. My sister Karen was 10. Our parents had gone out that night, leaving our older sister, Laura, in charge. Which meant we could eat whatever we wanted and stay up past our bedtime watching TV. Pretty much the perfect evening for the 12-year-old me until the … [Read more...] about The Scariest Movie I Watched When I was Kid Has Become My Reality!

  She tottered to the table in the bookstore where I was autographing copies of my novel, Stranger in Paradise. Gray-haired and feeble-seeming, she looked ready to keel over as she approached, leaning heavily on her cane. I didn’t know whether to jump to assist her or … [Read more...] about “If I Can’t Have It, I Want To Read About it!”

There it was, nestled among the bulky, self-addressed envelopes in my mailbox that held the daily slew of rejected manuscripts: a slim white envelope with an acceptance letter. I’d sold my first novel! For the princely sum of $1,200. No matter that the advance was small and … [Read more...] about “Gimme my money!” The day I staged a sit-in at my publisher’s to get paid

I was a poor, single mom of two young kids newly arrived in New York with a typewriter and a dream. I knew no one except my agent. When he invited me to a dinner party at his wealthy friend’s apartment on the Upper East Side, it was as if a fairy godmother had waved her magic … [Read more...] about “Next Time, Don’t Throw Cake:” My Cinderella in the Big City Story