Recently on my personal blog, I shared the creative process I had gone through for Tess Autrey’s story. Tess is the heroine of UNBROKEN, my novella in the anthology TEX APPEAL. Though in every version she ended up with Wyatt Crowe, the plots morphed and changed and evolved over time. What makes […]

But some things wouldn’t wait while he searched for the pieces of the puzzle. So, he took a step to the corner of the cart, reached for his zipper, and arced a yellow stream onto a stunted fern.
Hugely relieved, he gave the plant a […]

Over my dinner of chile relleno poblano last night and his of chicken enchildas, the husband and I started talking about M. Night Shyamalan’s movies, specifically Signs, Unbreakable, and The Sixth Sense. We haven’t seen Lady in the Water, and I’ll talk about The Village in a minute.
I’m much more of a fan than […]

If you read my personal blog, you’ll know I went to Atlanta this last week “on vacation.” It was obviously a working vacation. I worked through a huge piece of cake at the Blaze 5th anniversay celebration, worked my way through the throng at the RWA literacy signing, worked my vocal cords talking […]

“Can I be blunt on this subject? If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that. Reading is the creative center of a writer’s life.” - Stephen King, ON WRITING
I have that quote on the sidebar of my own blog. Right beneath it, […]

UPDATE: The winner is Shawn Monique.
No one would ever guess this by reading my blog, my posts here, or my emails to any groups I belong to, but I am an introvert. I can yammer on endlessly, embracing the anonymity of the internet, but in real life? I’m the person who smiles […]

As those of you who are regular visitors to my personal blog know, I’m on a bit of a blogging hiatus at the moment while I finish up writing another book. That doesn’t mean I’m out of ideas or thoughts. I’m just short on time. That same lack of time is why […]