So a banjo playing gargoyle, Groucho, and Shakespeare walk into bar…..OK, I know it’s a start to a really bad bar joke—but the writer in...

My week of travel to see family and friends has come to a close, and we’re flying back to California today (flying as you’re reading)....

I’m taking a week to go back to visit with family and friends in Tennessee and Kentucky (with a side trip to the Biltmore House & Gardens...

Well now that #RoyalWedding is officially over, it’s time to get back to writing (I’m still trying to catch up on sleep after staying up...

Well here we are, two days out before the Royal wedding of HRH Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle.  I for one am one happy camper...

Writers can be a strange lot sometimes—proclaiming to anyone who will listen that writing is their life, their reason for being, their...

OK it’s kind of a trick question since both Aunt Pippa and Cherrywood Hall are fictional manifestations of my writer’s mind. I thought...

It’s been an incredibly busy month with book events, writing (every day), the Derby, friends and family gatherings, and of course the...

Saturday was the Kentucky Derby, the most sacred race day to a Kentuckian. I left Kentucky in 1981 when I began my career, but I still...

One of the challenges in putting together a storyline is determining the settings and events where major actions are going to take place...

Sometimes you just need to take some time to celebrate. That means closing the computer, turning off the phone, turning up the 70’s...

I get many questions from my readers on the topic of royal and noble titles—it’s very confusing to an American since we don’t use them...

Lots of discussion on social media about the importance of plot and character, and debate over which is more important. Personally, I...

Just as your body needs food and water daily to keep running, I think it’s just as important to take time to feed your mind. Meditation,...

As an American, writing in the upscale, almost royal, cozy British mystery world of my storylines, one of the challenges for me doing...

This weekend is a major milestone for me, my first book signing at the LA Times Festival of Books! I’m super excited to have been invited...

Location, location, location—it’s the mantra of anyone who’s in real estate. If you’re a writer, it’s of paramount importance too. To me,...

Breakfasts, lunch, and dinners play a big role in my stories—-and of course cocktails, one must always have cocktails available. The...

Season 1 filming of British television period drama series, Castlewood Manor, has begun at the Cherrywood Hall estate. Actors. crew and a...

My trusty sidekick board, The Roaming Crown, prodded me with it’s bejeweled crown this morning asking—what jewel of a question would an...