March 11, 2019 Wow. I googled my author name today and found some stuff I thought had been deleted. Also, I found a thing that teed...

February 22, 2019 I wasn't chosen to present at the Academy Awards, so I'm presenting The Spammer Awards instead. I got a spam letter via...

February 17, 2019 Whew! What a whirlwind four days, with more than 50 informative break-out sessions about publishing, skewed in tracks...

February 16, 2019 Three days into the mega San Francisco Writers Conference, I am a bit overwhelmed by the plethora of advice. When you...

January 31, 2019 Reviews and ratings are an author's lifeblood. We try hard to write stories that rate at least a good four stars, and we...

January 23, 2019 Our male Cockalier (Cocker/Cavalier) Lord Byron has a favorite spot upstairs, a covered porch off our TV-watching room....

January 12, 2019 Our two dogs are named Meryl Streep and Lord Byron. They are 26 and 30 pounds, respectively, long-haired, black and tan,...

January 8, 2019 I’ve just finished writing a novel called Backstory. It’s a fictional account that pretends to be the truth behind an...

December 10, 2018 I don’t know how many parties you’ve been to this season, but my husband and I are already partied out. He even...

December 7, 2018 A year ago, Bill and I bought a bottle of Dom Perignon to celebrate some BIG MOMENT, if/when it came...kind of like...

November 24, 2018 I run late. About 15 minutes. My daughters do too. My son, well, he’s either early or late. But not being on time is...

November 10, 2018 I love this recipe and wanted to share it, especially with cooks who want to limit sodium. If you can use salt,...

October 20, 2018 I’ve just begun querying literary agents for my third novel Backstory. It’s literary suspense, I'm told. These days,...

October 8, 2018 Dear Readers and Followers: I'm supposed to keep my blog fresh, but sometimes writing a new post takes a good part of the...

September 13, 2018 In August, the Hubster and I took Amtrak from Austin to Chicago -- first time for this sort of journey. Sure, we'd...

July 24, 2018 I have scheduled a book promo for my mystery-thriller Out and In with Lone Star Literary Life, an e-news letter for Texas...

July 2, 2018 I recently tried out the new Goodreads Kindle giveaway, wherein I gave away 100 copies in Kindle format after paying...

June 24, 2018 Authors write to tell a story, to express a thought or emotion, to entertain. Mostly, we hope what we do impacts readers in...

May 3, 2018 I've not blogged since December due to a painful and annoying bout of carpal tunnel syndrome that resulted in surgery and an...

December 12, 2017 Besides holiday eggnog, I've developed an "over do it" problem with Dresden porcelain angels. Long ago, my niece's mom...