In a sense, my books are like my children: they are individuals with their own strengths and weaknesses, and there is something about each of them that makes it special to me. The way the publishing contract happened, with the first four novels being re-released before the launch of the fifth book, it was hard [...]
Soundtrack Wanted
I’m not sure if it’s a good thing or a bad thing that within a day of releasing Ring of Fire, I started to hear from readers that they’d already finished reading it and were ready for book six. I mean, that’s mostly wonderful. But, yikes, I can’t write that fast! I can promise that I’m [...]
Thinking Romance
It’s hard to think romance when your youngest son just licked the dog. Right after you put on the anti-itch spray. So now his tongue is numb. Sigh. My world is a delightful cacophony of conversations, silliness, bickering, boys wrestling, dogs wrestling, kittens wrestling… and since we pulled the boys to home school, the days [...]
My Oasis
A friend of mine at Booktrope recently suggested I blog about my workspace. Until last summer, I didn’t really have one. I tend to keep a dictaphone or notebook with me at all times, just in case a scene popped into my head while I was out and about. I write anywhere and everywhere. But [...]
Dream, Dream, Dream
When I was a little girl, my older sisters would sing that old Everly Brothers song ad naseam. Every time I joined in, they told me I sounded like a dying frog. Ah, family. Anyway, back to dreams. Why? Because my novels often start with one. Only it’s not a normal dream—it’s much more movie-like, [...]
