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December 23, 2012
A Holiday Wish
To old friends and new friends, I wish you the joy of family, the gift of friends, and the best of everything in 2013! Happy Holidays!
December 13, 2012
LITA Giveaway Closed / Winners Announced
I’m pleased to announce that ALL of you who entered the giveaway by the deadline are winners! Yes, you read that right! I’ll be sending all ten of you a PDF copy of Love in the Afternoon by this weekend. When you submitted your comment you were asked to provide an email address. If that [...]
December 3, 2012
Love in the Afternoon Giveaway!
You may have heard the good news: My debut novel, Love in the Afternoon is being released two weeks from todayon Monday, December 17, 2012. Yippee!!! To kick off the celebration, I’ve decided a giveaway is in order. After all, who doesn’t like to get free stuff, right? It’s super easy to enter. All you [...]
November 22, 2012
Potluck Season Is Here!
Ask anyone who knows me and you’ll find out I’m not much of a cook. Never have been, never will be. That’s just how it is and we’ve all just accepted it. So, when it came to holiday potlucks, I was usually the person who brought store-bought desserts, or volunteered to bring the paper plates, [...]
October 28, 2012
San Francisco Giants – 2012 World Series Champions
As you probably figured out by the title of this post, I’m a San Francisco Giants fan. Tonight I watched my team win their second World Championship in three years and the whole time I couldn’t stop thinking about my grandmother. I wasn’t always a Giants fan. In fact, in my younger days I was [...]
September 25, 2012
Love in the Afternoon – A Preview
Kayla Maxwell is eager to shed her slasher-flick bimbo image—and she plans to do just that in her new role on daytime’s most popular soap. With a chance to showcase her dramatic range, Kayla will be able to wash away the lingering betrayal and public humiliation left by her controlling, philandering ex-boyfriend. Sean Barrett, the [...]
August 23, 2012
The Latest From Alley!
You’ve probably noticed that this section is called ‘This & That’, rather than ‘My Blog’. Why? Because blogging scares me. I read a lot of blogs and I’m not ashamed to say that I’m intimidated by all the great author and agent blogs out there. They’re all so witty, insightful, funny, entertaining, and they give [...]
August 1, 2012
It’s Official
Finally, I can make the official announcement. I have signed a three book deal with Carina Press! Book number one, Love in the Afternoon, will be released on December 17, 2012. Carina Press is the digital imprint of Harlequin and I’m super excited to be a part of the Harlequin family. More details and cover [...]
July 26, 2012
A Must Read For All Bloggers
A must read for all bloggers who post pictures on their blog. You can get sued. Read what happened to one author. It’s not pretty. You CAN Get Sued For Using Pictures on Your Blog, by Roni Loren
June 29, 2012
The June Round-Up
Favorite Book Read in June: Rescue Me by Rachel Gibson 1st Runner up: Slow Summer Kisses (Novella) by Shannon Stacey 2nd Runner up: The Black Hawk by Joanna Bourne Favorite TV Show in June: Dallas ~ Oh, how I’ve missed you, J.R., Bobby and Sue Ellen. And the theme song still rocks! Favorite song in [...]
