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Some people have parents that manage not to stand in their way, but I lucked out in the parent raffle. My parents will blast a road for one of their kids, even when that road takes them far away. To Bill and Alice, who have been cheering my creativity since I ground up a box…

JoSelle Vanderhooft, my editor hero who managed to get Gordon’s Pride done and in my hands despite hurricanes and travel, colds and migraines. It is no small thing to edit a book. You have to be able to put your thinking cap all the way on. Distractions and disasters are very disruptive not only do…

I was lucky to win a free book cover from at drawing at RWA (Romance Writers of America) from selfpubbookcovers.com and I was able to do a lot of the designing myself. That meant I needed to change some ideas and be flexible, but who turns down a free cover, right? Then I found out…

I know a lot of people and through my life I think I have had many close friends, but we all move around the globe and it is hard to stay in touch. I find that messaging and email are nice, but we also use FaceTime and Skype so we can share things. We also…

Gordon’s Pride is my first book in a lot of ways. It is certainly the first book I have shared and taken all these steps with, so it is a learning adventure. Depending on when you ask me it is thrilling, exciting, terrifying and confusing, but it is also frustrating.  As with anything new I keep…

Unlike many couples, Shawn and I enjoy doing the shopping together. It almost doesn’t matter what it is for, as long as it isn’t on a time schedule. There were times when we have five dollars and needed to plan two or more meals, that was fun. We have had enough to buy anything we…

So, this is probably not exclusive to writers, but that’s what I have always blamed it on. I loose things, sometimes important things. I forget to turn off the oven, sometimes even the stove top. I get distracted in the middle of laundry and I have been known to forget the dog outside for a…

Have you ever wondered what kind of first impression you make? I think about that occasionally and then I shrug. Pretty much I am beyond trying to change people’s minds, but I wonder how I look from the outside. There have always been those who hate me, a few who think I am interesting and…

When people think of a writer, I think they think of story building, the fun part of the work. Building characters and setting and recording things in motion. To be clear, that part has its challenges, but it is the easiest part of the writing adventure. Lately I have been formatting. Now it is an…

All too often people make assumptions about married women, they feel trapped or confined, they have to seek permission, or worse they assume that most marriages are troubled. In my case, Shawn and I have been together for more years than either of us were single. We enjoy being together, doing things together, and laughing…