I’m always flashed by how many good things the romance writing/reading community gets involved with. Besides writing Romance, which everyone needs and which makes the world a better place, Brenda Novak’s annual auction reminds me of how active we are in other areas. Be it literacy, women’s …
Arggh! I’m trying to put my house on the market. I know. I couldn’t pick a worse time, but there you have it.
Of course, first I had to de-clutter. What? Give up all those ideas in progress that I keep hardcopy for carrying …
I’m in Kansas City, doing my other profession. Setting a ballet on the Kansas City Ballet. For two weeks I’ve been working in a dance studio and not at my desk. It’s a little jarring to change hats. To go from spending your day working …
Nah. I think it was John Dryden who said that the road to hell was paved with good intentions. So this year I decided not to make any. That doesn’t mean I plan to sit back and rest on my laurels. What are laurels anyway?
I just …
The thing about writers is that it’s hard for us to rush through anything, except maybe copyedits. Take setting up my Dickens village. You know those houses and figures right out of Oliver Twist and The Pickwick Papers.
Over the years my village has grown into a metropolis, …
It turned cold over night here. I made a chilly run down to the end of the driveway to get the paper, then hurried through windshield scraping while the car heater struggled to pump out warm air. Now I’m back at the computer, feeling toasty and writing about …
This past weekend my chapter, New Jersey Romance Writers, had a booth at one of the local street fairs. It was a festive, if very long, day. Lots of people stopped by to find out more about romance fiction and to buy books. We got a few …
I don’t know about you. But summer always goes too fast for me. You wouldn’t think that it would be any different than any other time of the year. The kids are out of school, but between soccer, social engagements and summer jobs, I hardly see them any …
I love puzzles. Maybe that’s why I began my writing career as a mystery writer. I have a new mystery series about Sudoku and a puzzle museum curator. All my romances have a mystery to them. I can’t help myself. I even have a …
Ah! Vacation time. A time to relax, get away from it all. Which isn’t as simple as it sounds, even if you head to the wilderness. (Though my idea of a vacation these days, centers more on room service and drinks with little umbrellas in them.)
It’s …
