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Duets

I love music! I have a tendency to fixate on certain songs and they become all I want to listen to. Right now it’s a duet between Matt Nathanson and Sugarland, “Run, Run, Run”. I not only like the way...

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50 Shades Of What Now?

So unless you are living under a rock, you have probably begun to hear all the fuss over the three book series, “50 Shades of Grey”. It’s the hottest thing since “Twilight”, “Harry Potter” or “The...

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An “August” Giveaway in May!

I just went to check my Amazon page and look what’s available;...

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Holding onto the Past

On Sunday, we went down to The Grove, originally to buy sugar sticks from the farmer’s market. I know, that just sounds wrong, doesn’t it? Tess was convinced eatting one before each game was what was...

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Behind the Scenes

Have you read “On a Hot August Afternoon” yet? The above is a picture I snapped when researching the book. I was in Northern California, where not only did I grow up, but so did my characters. I...

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Ring The Bell!

Ring the bell, sound the alarm, and pull out your kindle! For the next 24 hours “On a Hot August Afternoon” is available for a free download. I am hoping that this will spur people on to read it and...

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I Can Do This!

Cultivate a thousand true fans. That is the advice I read today. I can’t even remember whose blog it was on, maybe Kristin Lamb’s, but it said a writer could make a decent living if they could just...

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And the Survey Says…

…To keep writing! Yep, that’s the latest advice I have found in my quest to figure out how to better market my books. They had charts and everything proving that if you blog every day, you’ll pick up...

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September Freebie

When you enroll in KDP Select, you are offered five days in which you can put your book up for free.  I have only used two days, but now I’ve decided to use my final three days. Why not, right? The...

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My Book’s Vacation

As soon as I knew we were going to Lake Tahoe I devised this plan to place “On a Hot August Afternoon” at certain story locations. For example, in front of the Kentucky Fried Chicken where Stacey...

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Ted Talks, Seriously?

As you all know, I am obsessed with trying to figure out how to cross that bridge to success. Today I read a post on SheWrites that said an agent told this particular writer “Get your Ted Talk together...

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What is it Today?

This need to grab your attention everyday is exhausting! I have noticed that on the days I don’t post, however, I get no views. Zero! Zilch! Nada! Now on the one hand, so what,right? Personally I...

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Excerpt Sunday 5

Today’s excerpt is from my most popular novel to date, On a Hot August Afternoon which you can purchase just by clicking on the title! Stephanie and Basil had a perfect wedding. By this time in their...

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Hello Out There

I am not ready for summer, are you? If I had a nice, lush yard with a sparkling pool, then maybe, but I live in a stuffy apartment in the heart of the San Fernando Valley. We are talking hot!...

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Strange Reviews

As you may or may not know I considered writing this post last week, but went with a Friday Visual post instead. Still, Arlee said he’d be curious to hear what I had to say, so what the heck. On a Hot...

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You Just Never Know

It kind of blows my mind that this post, Strange Reviews that I considered not writing, is the one that has been seen all over the world. I guess it just goes to show that if there is one thing we all...

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