Okay, so the title’s more exciting than this post. Oooh! A writer should never diss her own hook, but really, me in a Speedo serving margaritas ain’t what’s happening here.
The family talked about sinking a pool in the yard, but everyone muttered about maintenance. Not knowing any better, I thought what’s the problem? You fill […]

Okay, so from my title here, you already know I’m the Grinch of summer.
As I’m writing, my left foot is sliding up my right leg to scratch the first reliable harbinger of summertime here—a big fat chigger bite.
Before I moved to Arkansas, I knew summer was upon Texas the first day I saw a […]

Okay, in the context of this blog, you’re probably thinking I’m making an announcement about a new book deal. Wrong!
On May 3rd, I attended a Bachelor’s Auction in a nearby Arkansas town with a group of writer buddies—strictly for research purposes—uh huh. And all in the name of a good cause—to raise money for cancer […]

Vampires…Cowboys…Vampires…
Oops! It’s April—must be cowboys, again!
I started writing before I knew a thing about “author branding” or I might have settled on one subgenre of erotic romance to write. If I had known, I probably still would have been all over the place. I’m easily bored and ready to jump to the next “sparkly” […]

I used to be spontaneous.
If I woke up on a Saturday morning and felt like jumping into the car to escape the house, I did. I lived in Germany for seven years, and during those days, even after family came along, I could pull out the map, calculate the driving time, and head to […]