Sending my book baby out into the world

My very first published book, The Cottage at Firefly Lake, releases on January 31. Although advance review copies are already in circulation, the shiny, finished book doesn’t hit shelves and e-readers until next Tuesday. In the author world, a book release is called a...

Remembering my mom…and a special giveaway

Sunday, November 20th is World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. It’s a day I’ve marked since my mother was killed crossing a street while returning home from an ordinary, afternoon shopping trip. Road death is sudden, shocking, and it forever...

The Cottage at Firefly Lake: Cover reveal and giveaway

My first book, THE COTTAGE AT FIREFLY LAKE, releases on January 31, 2017 in mass market paperback and e-book, and it’s up for pre-order on Amazon.com, Amazon Canada, Amazon UK and Barnes & Noble. Today, I’m delighted to share my beautiful cover with...

Friends

I’ve been thinking about friendship lately because relationships between friends (and family) underpin the stories I write. In parallel with the central romance, my heroes and heroines are part of a larger cast of characters and a community (in my current...

When a dream comes true

As many of you already know, in late 2015 an editor from a big New York publishing house called my literary agent. She wanted to buy my 2015 Romance Writers of America® Golden Heart® final manuscript, in a three book deal, for her publisher’s digital-first...