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 these pictures, but [...]

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 out that my next [...]

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 the beach. Oh, delightful [...]

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 can imagine, there [...]

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 Police Department. That was [...]

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. Digital, trade, mass market. [...]

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 go [...]

Hanging out with Linda Howard the other day reminded me of this guest post I wrote for Plotmonkeys in June of ’08. You can click over there to see cover images and links for the books mentioned. Enjoy! Being a debut author (my first book is in stores now), I can’t say I’m an expert [...]

Join us for a book signing! 4:00 p.m. at the Barnes and Noble in Oceanside, CA. Participating authors are as follows: Linda Howard Beverly Barton Linda Winstead Jones HelenKay Dimon Sylvia Day (aka SJ Day and Livia Dare) Judy Duarte Chris Green (aka Crystal Green) Jill Sorenson Barrie Summy Scroll down to the penultimate post [...]

Hello! I’ve been terrible about blogging lately, for good reason! I’m at the halfway mark with my current project and have reached the point that I have trouble tearing myself away from it. My whole world revolves around the story. When I’m not writing, I’m thinking about writing. This “zone” is my favorite place to [...]