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...
View Article50 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...
View ArticleAn “August” Giveaway in May!
I just went to check my Amazon page and look what’s available;...
View ArticleHolding 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...
View ArticleBehind 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...
View ArticleRing 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...
View ArticleI 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...
View ArticleAnd 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...
View ArticleSeptember 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...
View ArticleMy 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...
View ArticleTed 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...
View ArticleWhat 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...
View ArticleExcerpt 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...
View ArticleHello 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!...
View ArticleStrange 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...
View ArticleYou 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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