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Just outside my grandmother’s lake cottage in western Michigan, there was a railroad track. As little kids visiting from Texas, my sister...

August 26, 2025 — Ice and Fire : A Suspenseful Thriller Set in Hawai’i received positive praise in the Publishers Weekly "Book Life...

Just to let everyone know — and I'm very proud of myself — all four novels are now available on Audible . Each story, and sometimes each...

Yes, Las Vegas had a dust storm on July 1-2, 2025. No, it did not affect us. We live in Sun City Summerlin , about 20 minutes northwest...

A review of "Sharp Objects" on MAX After suffering through seven sultry, alcoholic, drug-induced episodes of " Sharp Objects" on Max , we...

In today's endless stream of horrifying news about the second Trump administration, the New York Times reports that 22,000 IRS employees ...

If you've read Out and In: A Mystery-Thriller , you know the ending leaves you begging for a sequel, but I dragged my feet completing it....

This is not political. Our nation faces a constitutional crisis. An attempted coup. One person, not even the president or his affiliate,...

Winter in Las Vegas brings snow to the surrounding mountains, but milder temps in the valley. I really like living in Las Vegas, except...

I so dislike spamming my site members with book sales, but it's something I simply must do. All three titles are on sale for just 99...

When I first wrote this blog post, I thought I only had a female nesting, but now I see that it's a male and female pair of Anna's...

I could not believe that a daily newspaper in a city the size of Las Vegas (3 million) would endorse Donald Trump for president. But the...

As the Hubster and I sat down to breakfast at the Black Bear Diner this morning, the stereo speakers began streaming the song, “Dedicated...

I'm doing a total rewrite on my mystery ICE AND FIRE, the sequel to OUT AND IN. The rewrite was due to a law enforcement change in...

Newsweek magazine recently published an op-ed written by some sort of psycho-social PhD, titled "Taylor Swift is Not a Good Role Model."...

Below, I'm posting (with the author's permission) an article written by Heather Cox Richardson in response to media attacks on President...

This next week, I'd planned to send a PDF of ICE AND FIRE to beta readers and interested pals. ICE AND FIRE is a sequel to my...

Here's my mom Jane Kennedy Dunlap (and dad, Ward) on their wedding day, Jan. 18, 1944. Reared in Ypsilanti, Michigan, Mom was the only...

First off, I loved American Fiction's satirical portrayal of the NY publishing scene and its biased attitudes toward Black or minority...