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Cover Reveal – Bark to the Future (and New Covers)

My next Alpine Grove Romantic Comedy (number 5, but who’s counting?) is with beta readers now, so I’ve been having fun working on the cover.  Here’s the latest: Observant folks may notice that it doesn’t match the earlier books. I’m redoing ALL the covers, so this is the first in a new “look” for the […]

Creating Characters People Love

In reviews of both my first and second novels, readers often comment on how much they love the characters I create. Jan, the main character in my second book, Fuzzy Logic is not like any character I’ve read about in the past. She was a lot of fun to write because she is a librarian […]

Questions and Answers About Writing

This is an interview I did with Samantha March from the Chick List Plus blog and CLP blog tours. I liked her questions so much, I wanted to include it here too. When did you know writing was for you? I’ve been a writer for most of my professional life, so there really hasn’t been […]

Geeks and Nerds in Romance

You don’t find many geeks in most romance and chick lit books. In fact, lately there have been a slew of billionaire romances on the market. Maybe it’s the “50 Shades” effect. But realistically, how many of us have even met a millionaire or billionaire, much less dated one? For my first novel, I wanted […]

Write What You Know Applies to Pets Too

Among writers, there’s an old saying that you should “write what you know.” In the case of my novel Chez Stinky, that included some of the pets I’ve known over the years. Many people have asked if the pets in the story were real. To some degree, the answer is yes. Aspects of the dog’s […]

Cover Reveal: Snow Furries (Alpine Grove Romantic Comedy #4)

On Monday, I’m sending the fourth Alpine Grove Romantic Comedy, Snow Furries off to my editor. I’ve been working on the cover off and on and now it’s done. The book features an awesome Bernese Mountain Dog named Frank and a shepherd mix named Mona, and as with all my covers, the critters get center stage. […]

Cyber Monday 99-Cent Book Sale

I’m participating in a Cyber Monday promotion. The first of my Alpine Grove novels, Chez Stinky is priced at 99 cents along with a bunch of other great books. Check out the list below for books that are priced at 99 cents or lower – get them quick before the sale ends! From chick lit to women’s fiction to romance […]

When Dreams Become Books

A long time ago, I read that a popular novelist wrote down her dreams and turned them into books. Back then, I was a technical writer, and the concept seemed so far away from my writing reality, I couldn’t imagine it ever happening to me. However now many years later, it turns out it has. […]

Truth is Stranger Than Fiction

Mark Twain once said, “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn’t.” Like most people, I tend to remember things that strike me as funny or interesting. A few elements in my novel Chez Stinky are based on places that exist or real experiences I’ve […]

Postal Social Hour in Alpine Grove

One of the things readers of my book Chez Stinky often find amusing is the depiction of rural, small town life. The little hamlet of Alpine Grove that I’ve created in my novels is based to some degree on my life here in northern Idaho. Where I live, if you want to see pretty much […]