No, I’m not in Bergen, Norway (although I will be going back in the spring). I thought I’d have some chill time this week but that’s...

Welcome to the fall re-boot of my blog! We’re just a few days away from the official start of autumn and I cannot wait. Time to get into...

Lots of fun getting back into the swing of home life/writing life after the trip to Las Vegas and our anniversary this past Sunday. The...

Truth is stranger than fiction so often—don’t you love it when you’re watching the news, listening to interviews, or reading the papers...

Viva Las Vegas! This week hubby and I took a few days to travel across the desert to beautiful (hot) Las Vegas for a few days for an...

It has been just about eight months since my first book was published, and wow, what a ride so far. I’ve been able to interact with and...

Well here we are, last week of August, time to say good-bye to summer and bring in the fall! I’m getting ready for my favorite time of...

Last week I talked about the 4 steps that disengage a reader, from my perspective. Today I want to talk about the 4 things I look for in...

Week 10 for the #WritersDiary! Pretty amazing to think that summer is coming to an end—the kids are back in school, fall is approaching,...

In addition to now writing my own mystery series, I’m a voracious reader of many other series—have been for over fifty years. There’s...

Lots of things happening this week, procrastination, unwritten pages, you know typical writer’s block kind of stuff. This whole process...

“A Grand West Coast Train Adventure, en route daily between Los Angeles and Seattle, the Coast Starlight train passes through Santa...

Well this week we had quite the trip (more next week), taking the Amtrak coastal train from Orange County up to San Francisco for a...

I always love starting a new book and getting to visit with the characters I’ve come to know and love. It’s just like a family or class...

You are the dancing queen Young and sweet Only seventeen Dancing queen Feel the beat from the tambourine, oh yeah You can dance You can...

I’m back with the folks in the village of Maidenford, my fictional village outside the gates of Cherrywood Hall, aka Castlewood Manor....

Well, once again, July is going out with a blast, a heatwave blast that is! Whew, I am soooo ready for some cool weather, there’s only so...

We’ve all probably had a case of buyers remorse, where your must have purchase turned out to be less than imagined (or a case of...

What a week, getting to spend a few days on beautiful Catalina Island! Ocean breezes, fun in the sun, and of course the beautiful views....

26 Miles (Santa Catalina) Santa Catalina, the island of romance, romance, romance, romance. Water all around it ev’rywhere, tropical...