In our family room my husband is watching a Hallmark movie about a gorgeous judge-cum-shampoo-model in a small coastal town where no one locks his door and all the parked cars have keys in them. A thieves paradise, yet the crime rate is barely above 0 (and that’s because sweet old Mr. C is losing… Read More
I’ve noticed that a lot of readers are interested in inspiration. That is they want to know where a writer gets the idea for a story. I’m so happy to be back on Writerspace to talk about my sexy holiday release, REVVING UP THE HOLIDAYS and where that muse came from. In general, with the… Read More
‘Tis the season for some darn fine reading! Here’s the list of Writerspace Top Shelf Authors with releases that are sure to give you a reason to sit next to those stockings you’ve hung by the chimney with care and enjoy some stolen moments of reading pleasure in between wrapping presents: Second Chance Pass (A… Read More
My husband and I just spent a fabulous week by the ocean with four other couples. We ate guacamole, played way too much pool volleyball, goofed off on the beach and generally relaxed. The trip home was smooth until we reached Terminal 5 at LAX, and a car accident occurred outside. All chaos broke out… Read More
When I started out to write “The Christmas Gift,” I quickly realized that setting a story during the mad rush of the holidays takes more than “verbally” tossing in a few strands of tinsel and calling it good. It’s also more than piping in Christmas carols wherever my hero and heroine happen to be in… Read More
It’s the official time of year for two things: Feeling thankful for our many blessings Gearing up for the annual family Thanksgiving feuds What does your family fight over? Does your aunt think nobody else’s stuffing is worth eating, but no one else will eat more than a bite of hers? Does grandpa scrape all… Read More
“Don’t stand there and act like you are in any way accountable for my life. You don’t know the first thing about my life outside of this hotel. You couldn’t even cope with me spending one night in a shelter. What about all the nights I slept under a bridge, or on a bench? I… Read More
When you’ve gone your whole life feeling like you’re different, it wouldn’t seem that having your dear aunt Lucy spring the news that you’re a hereditary hedgewitch would be a good way to start fitting in. However, for Katie Lightfoot, the main character of my Magical Bakery Mysteries, that’s exactly how she began to learn where, and… Read More
Guest blog post by Shoshanna Evers I’ve thought a lot about what would happen to my family, my friends—everyone out there— if the power grid that supports America goes down, and the lights just never come back on. It could be from an EMP (electromagnetic pulse), a solar flare, or even a cyber attack like… Read More
Every reader has his or her own list of pet peeves when it comes to books. You know what I mean — those literary and stylistic conventions that make you grit your teeth when you read them. I’ve got a list that probably looks a lot like yours. In the top ten would be the… Read More
Is there anything better, hotter or more intriguing than a sexy, brilliant and tortured hero? A man or a male, if you’re reading paranormal, who’s been deeply and irrevocably hurt by his family, a woman or another in his para clan? Lord, I don’t think so. I love them dangerous and lusty – undecided about kissing… Read More
I don’t have a sister, but I have two daughters who are two years apart. So, when the relationship between Meg and Caroline Rossi became a focal point in my new book, Unexpectedly Yours, I didn’t have to look far for material. Meg and Caroline’s relationship is difficult on some days and wonderful on others,… Read More
Besides love? More book clubs! When I first came up with my idea for THE BEST LIFE BOOK CLUB, I thought I was being so original, so clever. A book about a book club – yes! And then, after I’d surfaced from my writing cave back into the sunlight, I blinked and saw… all kinds… Read More
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