For as long as I can remember I always got in trouble on rainy days. Something about the grayness and dismal atmosphere triggered the mischief in me and would result in reprimands or even the dreaded detention through my Catholic school experience and even through high school. But [...]

Every time I begin to write a new book, I swear that I will mend my ways and not wait until the last days before deadline to finish it. I promise that I will take advantage of the many open hours and days in the months prior to my deadline [...]

I recently received my call to jury duty. I know…I know….not many people look on jury duty as a positive thing (other than carrying out our duty as good citizens) but I think it’s a great opportunity for writers. What other experience offers us the chance to sit and watch and study people, to [...]

I’ve been recuperating this week from the RWA Conference and the trip from San Francisco to Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon and then to Phoenix. And what better way than by watching romantic tv shows and movies and reading romance novels? I found myself watching episodes of HIGHLANDER with Adrian Paul [...]

   Next week I’ll be taking part in a romance reader’s dream experience — signing at the RWA (Romance Writers of America) Literacy Signing in San Francisco. Why is it a romance reader’s dream? Because I am signing along with more than 450 romance authors. Yeppers — more than 450 romance authors all in one [...]