Books & Writing

Don’t get me started. The mere mention causes an allergic reaction. What, you might ask, has me breaking out in hives? Travel. Specifically air travel. Therein lies my dilemma. I love discovering new places. The more exotic the locale, the better. My husband and I just got back from a trip … [Read more...] about WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH

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 looking for a good … [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 movie we were watching, … [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 cringe when she said, … [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 the publisher had been … [Read more...] about “Gimme my money!” The day I staged a sit-in at my publisher’s to get paid