Romances set in small towns are popular amongst romance readers. They’re a comfort read with a sense of warmth and community. The things I love about small-town reads: 1. The slower pace of life. 2. The gossip factor can be quite high since everyone knows everyone’s business, which makes for interesting dynamics. 3. The shared history amongst the characters. 4. The eccentric characters . 5. The...
I’m thrilled to help blogging buddy Sandra Cox show off her new cover for LOVE, LATTES, AND MUTANTS… Blurb: Finding love is hard, even when you aren’t a mutant. Like most seventeen-year-olds, Piper Dunn wants to blend in with the crowd. Having a blowhole is a definite...
Sometimes it’s just impossible to write. Life gets in the way or something shinier comes along, something way more fun than writing. I’ve been writing for ten years now, and I’ve come up with several strategies to give myself a kick start when the last thing I want to...
The subject of clothes has been on my mind recently, since I often think of clothing during the polishing stage of a manuscript. I’m working on Seized & Seduced (Jannike’s story) and Jannike has spent most of the story wearing the same blue tunic and black trews with...
I love eating fresh tomatoes. Actually, I love eating tomatoes full stop, and I’m eating a lot at present. Often my lunch will be sliced tomato on toast with lots of fresh ground black pepper. Thirteen Things About Tomatoes 1. Tomatoes originated in the Andes, around...
Hubby and I went out for lunch with the family to a cafe that overlooked the water. A really pretty spot to while away a Sunday afternoon. Hubby’s brother is a regular at this cafe, and he ordered something called an onion mum. I’d seen the sign in the cafe...
I’m currently working on the third book in my House of the Cat series. One of the characters is a tremin, and although sentient, he bears many characteristics of a tree. Hubby and I were walking the dog, and I said to him, “My character is a tree. Not a real tree, at...
