So back in August of 2006, my husband and I went on our first vacation without kids since we actually had kids. We went to Las Vegas, one of my favorite places in the world and we ate in restaurants without paper tablecloths and crayons and had pretty drinks at three thirty in the afternoon […]

You only think I’m here.  I’m not at my laptop writing, either.  I’m actually on my way to Port Aransas.  Shhhhh, don’t tell anyone.  I want people to think I’ve chained myself to my computer and that’s why I’m not answering the phone, but in reality, by late this afternoon I’ll be kicked back in […]

It’ll be almost a year since I’ve had a new release. My last book DARK LIES, book two in the Valorian Chronicles was out in October 07. Book three VEILED TRUTH will be out in October of 08. But the month before that I will have a Nocturne BITE (a novella coming […]

by Joanne Rock
My new Blaze turned out to be a little more timely than I could have predicted.  It started out like so many of my Blazes do– sexy and fun, with a scintillating meet between the hero and heroine.  All was rocking along just fine until my subplot came along.
Then […]

Back from RT, and still recovering! What a blast! But going through my remaining swag, I see here that I have one black Love Your Inner Demon t-shirt left! It’s unisex medium, which are pretty comfy — I’m not thin, but I can (and do) wear a small without having to hold my breath. So…gosh, […]

Write what you know. Every writer has heard that advice — and it makes sense. Obviously, the more you know about something, the better you can describe it. If you can envision what your characters are doing, if you know what they are thinking, you can make that scene come alive. […]

There’s a great deal of talk about chick lit being dead. Dead and buried never to be revived again type of dead. I’m thinking that’s an overstatement. It looks instead like chick lit (or whatever term you use to describe what we’ve historically called chick lit) finally found a reasonable level, as […]