2020 Release Dates

I don’t generally listen to music with lyrics while I’m writing. I find other people’s words too distracting when I’m trying to write my own. I also don’t have specific songs in mind for specific scenes of a book. That’s more movie-writing stuff to me. I do, however, build a playlist with each book that…

-OR – The Election of a Thin-Skinned, Racist, Sexually-Predatory Toddler Has Addled My Writing Brain (And, Oh Yeah! He’s Crazy Too!) We could have had it all, couldn’t we have? Human decency. The embracing of diversity. The embracing of each other. Truth. Kindness. Compassion. Instead, we have Russia meddling in our election, America’s racist, misogynist…

It’s better to be true to yourself than be rich. It’s better to be true to yourself than be rich. It’s better to be true to yourself than be rich. In a plot line as cliche as fat girl/gay guy best friend movies, Riley goes down as a quarterfinalist. Only a quarterfinalist. Still in the…

All of you… for being the best damn pretzelers on the planet apparently!!! I just got a call from LA. My soft “no” has just become a confirmed “YES”. I won Suzanne’s Prize. There is going to be a press release tomorrow with all of the winners listed. Thank you, thank you, thank you all…

Five Things You Should Never Do 1 – Put your fingers in an electrical socket. 2 – Pee in the pool. 3 – Drink pool water, because chlorine and see #2. 4 – Cry over spilled milk. 5 – Release a book over a holiday weekend, because, apparently, it takes quite some time for it…