Category Archives: On Writing

Six Sentence Sunday–1/1/12 Only Scandal Will Do

Happy New Year to all!  Hope everyone had a great time New Year’s Eve and arrived home safe and sound to start a new year of fantastic snippets. My first six this year are from my Georgian novel, Only Scandal … Continue reading

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My Top Ten Highlights of 2011

On New Year’s Eve my family and I will be traveling home from Cape Cod.  It’s been a great vacation:  days spent with family, we went to see the new Sherlock Holmes movie (loved it) and found a great pizza … Continue reading

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Gifts for the Writer in Your Life

Last week I was racing around trying to find a Christmas gift for my RWA local chapter Secret Pal who is also a writer.  Was I successful?  Not really.  Oh, I ended up with a goodie bag full of swag … Continue reading

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12 Books of Christmas

Christmas books are as addictive as Lays potato chips–bet you can’t read just one!  So I’ve brought together 12 Books of Christmas tales (a baker’s dozen actually, counting mine) from a variety of authors, styles and genres.  Sort of a … Continue reading

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Six Sentence Sunday–12/11 All Wrapped Up: The Present

Happy Holidays!  And welcome back to Six Sentence Sunday.  Thank you for visiting today and previously if this is not your first time here.  I appreciate all comments, so please share! Today, I’m spotlighting one of the stories in my … Continue reading

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Release Day: Almost Perfect

It’s finally here!  Santa brought my Christmas present early, because Almost Perfect released today!  To celebrate, I’m guest blogging at the 1Night Stand blog site, with some Christmas cheer from the Almost Perfect crew.  And to help you celebrate the holiday … Continue reading

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When Pam Met Roger: An Almost Perfect Meeting

  I’m guest blogging today with Casea Major over at Major Passion…Major Romance.  Pam and Roger from Almost Perfect wanted to tell their side of the story about how they met.  I spilled the beans in a post on Daily … Continue reading

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Making Your Characters Really Miserable: The Black Moment

With the whole rebel alliance counting on him, Luke Skywalker has one shot left to kill the Death Star.  His on-board targeting system has failed to work.  The Death Star has cleared the moon and is about to blast the planet … Continue reading

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All Blogged Out: Getting Your Blog Groove Back

I’ve been hyper-busy lately with my job, edits, blog hops, preparing for the release of Almost Perfect in December.  As a result, I’ve been blogging like a fiend!  I posted with two blog Hops on one day, was a guest blogger … Continue reading

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“Now That I’m Published…” Coping with Authorship Part 4: If Patience is a Virtue…

The song “If loving you is wrong, I don’t want to be right,” keeps running through my head as I write this post.  “If patience is a virtue, then what’s the corresponding vice?”  I want a BIG helping of whatever … Continue reading

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