What’s Rhys James Up To? Exclusive Excerpt!
I love all my characters. Each and every one of them holds a special place in my heart. But Rhys James from my Illicit Series? Oh, Rhys. There’s just something about that tall lead singer with the...
View ArticleA Freebie from Liv Rancourt to Kick Off the Season!
One of my favorite authors is Liv Rancourt. Not only are her books fantastic, with brilliant characters and some of the funniest, smartest writing I’ve read, Liv is fantastic, too. I just love her to...
View Article5 Ways to Get in the Mood
Are you finding it hard to get in the mood? The holiday mood, that is. If you’re anything like me, the holiday season can get to you, and not in a good way. What with the baking, the gift buying …...
View ArticleScents of the Season
At no other time of the year are we assaulted by suggestions of the scents we should like than now. It begins in autumn when advertisements for everything from air fresheners to candles to lattes push...
View ArticleThen This Happened
Lots of times when an author disappears off the radar for a while it’s attributed to “life getting in the way.” I totally understand that, because it’s happened to me quite a few times. My recent...
View Article5 Of My Favorite Obsessions
I just finished watching a tutorial on how to best remove labels from wine bottles. Yes, there are tutorials for that, made for people like me who have an obsession with bottles and can’t get the darn...
View ArticleWho You Gettin’ Cute For?
We’re going to get all girly-girly up in here today, so hang on to your makeup bags! Well, my makeup bag, actually. See, I’ve been so hard at work getting Crimson and Clover ready to release (and just...
View ArticleWhen Did Stealing Become “Okay?”
Last week a photographer friend posted on Facebook and asked people to stop stealing her work. She’s seen her lovely photographs printed on graduation invitations, on wedding programs, and party...
View ArticleThe Teacher (And An Imaginary Rabbit) Who Changed My Life
Back in the days when dinosaurs roamed the earth, aka when I was a child, we received a postcard in the mail over summer vacation with the name of our teacher for the upcoming year. That was kind of...
View ArticleGlobal Awareness Day for Tuberous Sclerosis
A lot of supremely awesome things have come about since my first book, Crimson and Clover, was published by Crimson Romance two and a half years ago. Though they are no longer the publisher of the book...
View ArticleCrimson and Clover is back!
Y’all! So many things have happened lately! And you’ve probably realized that due to the sound of crickets here on the blog. I sincerely apologize for that, and I promise I’ll tell you all about it...
View ArticleThe 100,000 Stages of Grief
If you read this blog regularly then you know I lost my brother in April 2014, and then we lost his wife eight months later. It was a one-two punch that understandably devastated our family. For me, it...
View ArticleLove It, Pet It, Squeeze It
Instead of calling it George, call it Sister Golden Hair! After a (too long!) delay, the book is now available in print, so you can hold it and love it and pet it and squeeze it … and read it …...
View Article3 Things I Will Not Do
As I’ve gotten older I’ve noticed a definite shift in my thinking. I’m pretty sure that’s normal, because with age comes wisdom (most of the time) and with wisdom comes changes. The main change in my...
View Article2 Places to Visit Today (From the Comfort of Your Own Home!)
Hot diggity dog, it’s Release Day for Crimson and Clover! I’m so glad my flower child and her rock god are back out in the world again. And today there are 2 places to visit with them without leaving...
View ArticleI May Be Slow But I’m Catching Up
Instagram, y’all. I love it, but I am so bad at it! I’m doing my best to do better, though. I may be slow, but I’m catching up. I think I’ve figured out why it’s been difficult for me to … Continue...
View ArticleSaying Farewell To My Magazines
Ever since I was a teenager I’ve had a love affair with magazines. I love the slick, glossy pages, the smell of the ink and the perfume samples, and the joy of crawling into bed with the newest issues...
View ArticleDrink Plenty of Fluids
I’m getting over the ‘flu. If there is such a thing as a “mild case” then I guess that’s what I had. I mean, I didn’t have to see the doctor or anything. I just stayed home and did what … Continue...
View ArticleRock Fiction Primer, Part One: The Tour Bus
This is Part One of a series I’ve entitled Rock Fiction Primer. I’ve read some head-clutchingly inaccurate descriptions of some of the basics of the world of rock ‘n roll, so I thought I’d give you a...
View ArticleApparently I’m Super-Mega-Awesome Woman!
Heard of the newest trend? The Underboob Challenge? It even has its own hashtag, but I won’t use it. No sense in giving this thing more traction. It started in Japan, and is now spreading across the...
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