I found myself being pulled deep into the writing weeds this week—-inspiration bipolarism, writer’s block the size of a skyscraper,...

To keep you up to date as I progress through Book 3, I thought I’d give you  glimpse of what goes on in my little writer gray cells on a...

One of my favorite fictional events so far has been the hot air balloon event hosted at the Cherrywood Hall estate featured in Cast,...

I’m once again in the grandiose rooms of Cherrywood Hall as I write book three and I can’t help but smile at the scale and décor of the...

This summer as I’m writing my third book, my #TBR reading list is stepping way outside my cozy mystery genre box (and in some instances...

I had the privilege of being interviewed as a featured writer guest on author Kay Latour’s blogsite recently and it means so much to me...

There’s nothing like walking in your character’s shoes (especially if they’re Gemma’s boots) to get your writing juices flowing. I’ve...

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...