Sorry my blog hasn’t been updated for the past 2 weeks! I got back from Europe completely exhausted and overwhelmed by the hundreds of pictures I had taken! LOL I decided I’d post a travel blog with my journals and photos, along with videos (or links) so you can come along with me! 🙂 The journey is in the reward, or is the reward in the journey? Either way, it was a whirlwind trip traveling through 2 countries and trying to see everything in only a week! Yow! We saw… Read More
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Paris, here I come & Spring Fever – New Flash Fiction
Hi Everyone – I got some great news this weekend… Night Walker got 2nd Place in the Finally a Bride contest!!! This is especially exciting because the Finally a Bride contest is only open to novels that have been contest finalists before, so I feel very honored to have placed in such a tough competition… This is going to be a crazy week for me because this time next week, I’ll be writing to you from Bruges, Brussels!!! My son, Reno, is heading to Europe to sing with his high… Read More
Survival of the Fittest — New Flash Fiction
Hi everyone – This past week was interesting for me. On Monday I was finally able to share that Moonlight didn’t make the 4th round of the Writing with the Stars contest. I found out a couple of weeks ago, but we weren’t allowed to say anything until the next round of voting began. I thought about not saying anything, but this blog is really a journey, and I’ve shared all my ups and downs with all of you along the way. In fact, I never would have… Read More
Work in Progress
Hi everyone – Hope you had a great week! Sorry I didn’t get my blog posted last week. I wasn’t attacked by Audrey II, just swamped with projects. I got some exciting interest in Moonlight, so that was encouraging, but what’s really been keeping me busy is my new book, Blood Moon! J Starting work on a new book is always a thrill for me. I love getting to know my new main characters and being surprised by the twists and turns the book takes that I never saw coming…. Read More
Helloooooo 2011!
Hi everyone – It’s my first blog of 2011, and although I’m more than ready to leave last year behind me, I’m wandering into 2011 full of a mixture of hope and trepidation. The voting for the Writing with the Stars contest closes tonight. Thanks so much to everyone who has voted and to those who took the time to leave me a note, or share the link with others. No matter how the contest turns out, my hopes have been buoyed by the amazing encouragement I’ve received from all… Read More
Merry Christmas — The Third King – Short Fiction!!
Hi Everyone – How can Christmas be two days away already??? *boggle* I just got my Christmas cards sent, and I haven’t even started wrapping gifts, but I don’t feel too stressed. Yet! LOL This has been an extra crazy Christmas season for me, with less money and even less time. But no complaining from me. This year I got to sing in two Christmas concerts with my teenage son, Reno. This was his first time singing the Hallelujah Chorus, and not only did we get to sing it together… Read More
A Miraculous Burden — New Short Fiction
BREAKING NEWS UPDATE – My novel, Moonlight, made it through to the 3rd round of the Writing with the Stars contest!!! Please vote to help us to the next round… http://is.gd/iG3vN Hi everyone – Another week has flown by and suddenly Christmas is right around the corner. This is the time of year that family traditions come alive! Even though my kids are now 19 and 16, we still fill up their advent Santa pockets with goodies, building the anticipation to Christmas Day. We also got our Christmas tree… Read More
Great News and The Demon’s Christmas — Short fiction!
Hi everyone – Sorry my regular Sunday night blog has gotten a little off schedule! Sometimes I really wish we could the way we were, but change is inevitable, right? LOL Anyway, between moving blog homes, lots of extra Christmas singing gigs, and getting everything ready for the holidays, I’ve also been crazy busy with contest deadlines and submissions for my books. Last week I got the exciting news that Hunter’s Moon, the second book in my Moon Series, won the Paranormal category in the Gateway to the Best… Read More
Happy Thanksgiving & Connections — New Short Fiction!!!
Hello everyone – Wow! I can’t believe it’s Thanksgiving this week! *boggle* Where did this year go???Yesterday was our last San Diego RWA meeting, my last one as the Publicity chair and I’m relieved to say it went really well… Shew! So next on my list is to write the synopsis for Hunter’s Moon so I can get it submitted for RWA’s Golden Heart contest by Dec. 2nd. Yikes! This is also the last week to cast your votes for Moonlight in the Writing with the Stars contest! 🙂 I… Read More
Moonlight — New Excerpt!!!
Hi everyone – Well the Halloween decorations have come down. The costumes are put away (mostly) and I’m left feeling like I don’t have a thing to wear! LOL I’m already looking forward to donning my Evil Queen costume again next year. Panda and I have a list of improvements so it’ll be even better, or at least more comfortable! Someone asked me why I enjoy Disney villains so much. I groped about for an answer, but Russell Crowe really nailed it… I like villains because there’s something so attractive… Read More