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The Halt and the Lame

Weekend before last, on Mother's Day to be exact, I broke my left baby toe. It's about the sixth or seventh time I've done it, and so I did what I always do…I carried on. In this case, carrying on meant putting in my vegetable garden and getting the yard work done, plus making dinner and that […]

Best Giveaway EVER!!!

Guys!!! I have a new giveaway running…and I am soooo excited for this one. It has just about killed me not to tell you about it. Seriously. Which makes me realize I'm crap at keeping secrets.

Because yes, the world needs more letters

I love social media. I really do. I love how it has connected (or reconnected) people all over the globe. I love that it has opened doors to new friendships, renewed old ones, and made our globe feel so, so much smaller. But. But. A couple of months ago, I received a letter from one of my […]

Grant me patience…but hurry!

I've decided that I'm in the wrong business. Oh, I'm not going to give it up anytime soon, but I'm definitely in the wrong business. You see, things in the publishing industry tend not to move very quickly. Books take time to write, editors have their own schedules, cover design takes time, and then–even when […]

Another new cover! And an e-book!!!

If you've checked my website's home page or my Facebook author page lately, you may have noticed the quiet addition of something new…as in a new cover for Shadow of Doubt, along with a long-awaited release date! It's true. After waffling back and forth for months (sorry about that!) on the digital version of the book that […]

New covers and giveaways and stories…oh, my!

We're a week into February, and my kick-ass streak continues! Well…except for the part where I get distracted by a good book. I've been reading the Stieg Larsson Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy, you see, and damn, could that man write a fabulous plotline! I'm about three quarters of the way through the final book, The […]

January: The Month of Kick-Assedness

I went into this year with a single resolution: to be the best version of myself that I could be. I'm calling it my year of the non-resolution resolution. And gosh-darned if it isn't working.  Mostly because it turns out that it really is about the little things, like not going back to bed after […]

A Slight Service Interruption…Please Stand By

If you're not directly involved with the publishing industry, you may not have heard about the Pronoun debacle. What is Pronoun? Well, it was a third-party distributor of e-books to retailers, and a fantastically fabulous resource for indie writers (like myself). I loved it soooooo much. And now you're probably wondering what the debacle was. Well, long […]

The Year of the Non-resolution Resolution (Or, Why I’m Not Making Promises I May/May Not be Able to Keep This Year)

I'm done with resolutions. My husband is mildly horrified at the idea, but he's wise enough not to say anything. He's also wise enough not to try to guilt-trip me with his own (I'm sure) extensive list, just as I won't question his decision to make the list in the first place. (It's this kind […]

Whaddya mean it’s DECEMBER already?!

All right, hands up all of you who looked at the calendar this morning and suffered near immediate heart failure. Because surely I can’t be alone in this. I mean, yes, the date yesterday was November 30, but did that necessarily mean that December had to follow on the very next day? I think not. And […]