Congratulations to Leni, who wins a signed copy of Valentine’s Day is Killing Me! Using random.org, Leni’s name was chosen from those who commented on my blog during the month of January.
Jen the Twin and I turn 40 this Sunday. We had big plans for this milestone birthday but they fell through. Today she asked me what I was going to do for my birthday. Since it’s on the weekend, I decided I was going to celebrate both days. In fact, I’d start early and observe [...]
I read a blog recently arguing that romance fiction was the modern-day fairy tale. Instead of a dragon or evil stepmothers, the woman is faced with monstrous credit card debt or a boss from hell. As cutesy as the comparison is, all I have to say is this: Just because the a story has a [...]
I remember a time when I was a teenager and I was reading a very dramatic, high-octane love story. The tormented heroine had to make a difficult choice and I wondered why this woman didn’t have any friends to talk to. It took me a while to realize that if she received any sound advice [...]
In The Year of Living Shamelessly, whenever Katie needs a bit of confidence, she wears a pair of knee-high black leather stiletto boots. She thinks they make her look edgy and sophisticated. Her friends, however, think it has less to do with sophistication and more to do with the stiletto. They believe there’s a correlation between [...]
The Year of Living Shamelessly is set in Crystal Bend, a fictional small town set in the Cascades Mountains. Creating characters is a labor of love but I discovered that creating a town is quite the challenge. Making the town smaller doesn’t make it easier. There is a close-knit community complete with nosy neighbors, a [...]
My stories seem to show a lot of holidays. The Year of Living Shamelessly has Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Merry Christmas, Baby obviously has Christmas. Lip Lock has a few Thanksgiving scenes. And then there is Valentine’s Day is Killing Me.
Valentine’s Day is a very important holiday for my twin sister. My novella “Valentine [...]
Shoes are common with my book covers. The higher the heel, the better. Lip Lock was the first cover I had that showed high heels. They didn’t have anything to do with the story, but it gave a hint of the fun and romantic feel of the book. The Year of Living Shamelessly shows a [...]
Villains intrigue me. They can be outright bad guys, troublemakers or those morally ambiguous characters. Sometimes the hero is only as good as the villain is bad. There isn’t a villain in The Year of Living Shamelessly, but there are two antagonists. Tatum and Sasha are the kind of women you love to hate.
But maybe [...]
Katie, the heroine in The Year of Living Shamelessly, loves arts and crafts. She’s also big on cooking and interior decorating. She wants to create a home with Ryder and she isn’t afraid of the hard work.
I hate to admit it, but Katie is very different from me when it comes to hobbies. I’m not [...]
