Let me start by saying I’m not an excuse maker by nature. Truly, I pride myself on being the woman with which the buck stops. “Quit yer whining” is a motto by which I rule my own life and one I impose frequently on my three sons.
But if I were inclined […]

I’m writing this blog article on an handy, fantastic piece of technology that I’m so glad I own. It’s been a lifesaver in many ways: An Alphasmart 3000. For those of you unfamiliar with Alphasmarts, they are operated by four AA batteries (they last forever, by the way), and the Alphasmart holds about 100 pages […]

Bedded by the Desert King… and the desert king in question, Sheikh Shahin of Kaddara, has a guilty secret…
Of course it’s a lot more serious than mine, because mine has to do with food- puddings, to be exact.
I adore pudding and have devoted a large part of my Blog over recent time to the praise […]

I’ve just begun writing a new book. Being a veteran author of three whole books, I’ve gotten to the point where I can recognize certain patterns (other people have been heard to employ the term neuroses, but I think I’ll stick with patterns here) that inevitably occur at the beginning of each new book. […]

One of my favorite themes in books is the Fish Out of Water. The theme can be used to evoke so many emotional responses from comedy to drama to suspense.
In a way, Luke Skywalker was a major fish out of water in the first Star Wars film. The scene in the bar exemplified […]

So, have you ever read a book and the characters are eating dinner and you salivate? You go get your own dinner? You like the idea of what they’re eating so much you have to have their meal?
Oh, yeah. I do that.
Especially if what the characters are eating is a favorite of […]

I spent the past weekend doing book signings in Ohio. It’s always a joy meeting people who have read my books, talking to them, finding out what they enjoyed (or hated) about my stories. And it’s incredibly flattering when someone looks at little ole me with stars in their eyes, as if I’m someone special […]