Quite simply – I’m a planner. I have to be. With a full-time job, volunteer activities, and writing my next book, I need to schedule it all. Otherwise, things fall through the cracks. There are a gazillion planners on the market – the trick is to find one that works for you. Over the last … Read more
It’s 5 a.m. I’m up. Coffee is brewed. I take the first sip. Black. No sugar. Ahhhhhhhh. The first sip is always the best, which is why I spend the rest of the day chasing that taste. Drinking cup after cup until I’m so high on caffeine there’s nowhere to go but down. And that’s when … Read more
I get most of my writing done at 5 a.m. before I head off to work in the wonderful world of reality television. The advantage of getting up and writing at 5 a.m. is that no one else is awake. It’s just me, the blank page, and the keyboard. Even the neighborhood deer are asleep. … Read more
There’s a constant lament in my house – “So many books, so little time.” And in truth, there aren’t enough hours in the day to fit everything in and read all the books that seem to scream take me home. Whether it’s scrolling through Goodreads, perusing the stacks on the tables at Barnes and Nobles … Read more
Her tall, slender figure moved across the stage with grace, and her dark brown hair fell to her shoulders like waves of silk. Unable to look away, mesmerized by her almond-shaped eyes, she drew him in as she spoke her lines. The first time they rehearsed the kiss, his soul eased, as if it had … Read more
Manny turned to find an exasperated Cassie stopped dead in the middle of the block. “Do you see what I’m wearing?” she said, pointing to her feet. What he saw were a pair of glorified slippers, the kind his ex-girlfriend referred to as mules. Aptly named for a shoe that apparently mimicked the slow moving … Read more