Sure, it’s Halloween and festivities with the grandchildren are all messed up tonight because of bad weather. Plan B is trick-or-treating at the local mall. Sometimes, well often, real life intervenes on my writing life. This week it’s been nerve-wracking—husband in the hospital, day job responsibilities. I returned from the Novelist Inc. conference in Myrtle […]
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When I mentioned to co-workers that I was attending my high school reunion this weekend, I got negative reactions—most wouldn’t go to their reunions simply because high school didn’t bring back any fond memories. All they wanted from high school was “out.” High school for me was a little different. My dad was vice-principal. I
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Writing my Gothic romance Tangled Memories was a leap of faith for me at a time in my life when I needed a leap of faith. History I rewrote the first version after disappointing contest results. The second version became a finalist in the Romance Writers of America’s Golden Heart contest. I “sold” it to
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Sylvia Browne, James Van Praagh, John Edward, and Theresa Caputo, the Long Island Medium, are well-known psychic mediums who are part of our popular culture. Believe them or not, they all bring messages of love from the spirit world. When I was presented with the cover of Timeless and the idea of a child ghost,
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My upcoming release from Turquoise Morning Press—Timeless—is the result of the original cover publisher Kim Jacobs put on the TMP website. She was advertising the new category lines, and one was paranormal. My name was on its cover just as a sample. Immediately, I told Kim I wanted to write it. So how do you
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Thanks to my husband’s hard work, Betting On Love went live on Amazon on Labor Day—which just happened to be my birthday this year. I can’t think Bill enough for all his hard work. My editor Karen Block and my cover artist KJ Jacobs share in the success of my first self-published novel. I only
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Exciting things are happening for me! I’m self-publishing a book thanks to the technical help of my husband. After his day job as a computer programmer ends, he spends time learning the ins and outs of self-publishing. He’s better suited to the task than I am. Bill has already uploaded Betting on Love to iTunes.
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Last Sunday my daughter and I took her two small boys to the Kentucky State Fair. We saw the dairy cows and the rabbits. We rode the Ferris wheel and ate corn dogs. On Saturday my daughter and I are going back by ourselves to watch the final stake night of the World’s Championship Horse
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Back in the day, I went to group therapy every week for eighteen months. It changed the way I looked at life, and I’ve credited it for “saving my life” in many respects. Being the perfectionist only child that I am, I took notes about the things I was learning, and later I typed them
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Back in the day, I went to group therapy every week for eighteen months. It changed the way I looked at life, and I’ve credited it for “saving my life” in many respects. Being the perfectionist only child that I am, I took notes about the things I was learning, and later I typed them
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