Last night I watched my neighborhood transform into Ghost Fest 2007.  Streetwalkers hoofed it past the house arm in arm with generic gory ghouls and Harry Potter look-alikes.  Maybe it was the amarettos over ice I was consuming, but it made me think about how much we like to see a good masquerade story […]

I need a vacation.
With the kids in school and up to their eyeballs in sports, I can’t necessarily run off to the Caribbean and take a few days R & R right now, but I still crave some fresh surroundings and the taste of exotic foods. I could wail about the […]

I joined Shelfari a few months ago.  If you haven’t been there,  this web community introduces readers to other book lovers and allows members to share their book recommendations and reading preferences in a fun forum.  Part of the fun is building your bookshelf—sharing what you’re currently reading along with your personal keeper shelf. 
Because I […]

We hear plenty of talk about kids who don’t read and adults who don’t read. As a parent, I stuff books in my kids’ hands all the time to make sure they become fluid readers and are exposed to lots of different kinds of stories. I don’t want them to be in the category of […]

I love writing and not a day goes by where I don’t think—at least for a few moments—how lucky I am to do what I love for a living. I know enough folks who don’t really enjoy their work to realize that I’m extremely fortunate.
That being said, my writing career has led to […]

The IRS couldn’t begin to understand the real reason attending RWA is a good tax write-off for me.
I went to Romance Writers of America’s national conference in Dallas last week and spent a small fortune on the plane ticket, hotel room, cabs, conference fees and meals. Of course, the IRS recognizes these expenses as […]

Father’s Day brought my husband’s family together last weekend. A few us got talking after dinner about the need for specializing in college in order to be competitive in today’s job market. My sister-in-law knew someone in a college program for aspiring designers of computer game software. That’s a major now—entertainment software […]