I finished my book! Well, a first draft anyway. I have about two weeks to polish it up and then it’s on to the next project. I hope it doesn’t need too much fine-tuning. *biting nails* I don’t think it was a good idea to pick a deadline at the [...]

Dear world,
I’m going to my author cave for a few weeks. I will try not to haunt the internet all day and night. Maybe I can actually get some work done! Deadlines are coming up so it’s serious. This is a real blogging hiatus. I mean it this time!!
Because my [...]

Sorry I’ve been MIA!! I’m at the 2/3 point in my writing project and it’s climax time, baby. A race to the fast-and-furious finish. My plan is to complete the manuscript in August and do some heavy editing in September because this draft is rough. Updates may be spotty.
I’m also working [...]

I’ve probably mentioned that we love our home projects at Casa S. My husband is very handy with gardening, roofing, plumbing…you name it! This spring, we tore out the old weeds lawn, brought in truckloads of wood chips and mulch by wheelbarrow, and planted new grass seed. You can’t see it in [...]

First of all, I’m sorry my web site was down over the weekend. I’ve exceeded my bandwidth limit several times recently and I’m not quite sure how. I think it has something to do with hits or visitors. Anyway, I’m investigating the problem, fair lurkers.
In other bad(ish) news, I found [...]

I’ve always had reading highs and lows. While I attended college, most of my reading material was required, and sadly didn’t include romance novels. I’d read for pleasure during breaks. Some summers, I’d go through a hundred books. I have fond memories of hitting the used bookstore on the way to [...]

Good news! My latest manuscript proposal has been approved, so I’m back in the writing cave, typing my little heart out. I’ve been getting up at 4 a.m. to catch a few hours at the computer before the kids wake up, and (often) falling asleep with them at 8 p.m.! As you [...]

Romance writers are always asked how we do our research. Wink wink! So I thought I’d shed some light on the subject. My research often includes speaking with members of local law enforcement. While I was working on The Edge of Night, I went on a ride-along with the Chula Vista [...]

Sometimes I feel like I’m standing still, watching the world rush by. Many romance authors are more prolific than I am. I’d love to have a new book out every few months. It would be fabulous to write for multiple publishing houses, in multiple subgenres and multiple formats. Novellas, anthologies, single-titles. [...]

I’m almost at The End of the current project and I can’t break away from the keyboard. Except to randomly blog about life and stuff.
1. My 5-year-old is running a mile every morning with her kingergarten class. She has the choice to walk, or run less than a mile, but she chooses to [...]