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Funny Cide Reminds Us Dreams Do Come True
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love and something to hope for. — Joseph Addison I was reminded of Funny Cide, the 2003 Kentucky Derby winner, because...
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Holding your own paperback book is a treat
Ebooks are great. In fact, that’s how I buy most of my books today. I download them onto my Kindle app on my iPad. After all, Amazon makes it so easy to buy with one click. But there’s something about...
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I was a reader before I was a writer
Sometime after second grade and by the time I discovered Black Stallion books in the fourth grade, I started loving to read. My ninth grade teacher Mrs. Neff encouraged us to buy and keep books. You...
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Writing Secrets—Release Day
Sometimes books take many paths to publication. I wrote the novel Secrets a few years ago, choosing to explore a romance about a woman caught between the past and her desire to create a new life for...
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Spring cleaning and finishing a novel
After I write “the end” on the last page of a manuscript and then send it off to my editor, it’s time to do a bit of spring-cleaning—specifically tossing out all my notes from the current book. The...
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Judd Romeo, My Kentucky Cowboy
Meet my hero Judd Romeo in Kentucky Cowboy as the heroine does for the first time since high school. Fisting her hand, Mandy pounded on the door. Then she stuck both hands into her pants pockets,...
View ArticleWhat I love about writing the Bluegrass Reunion series
Research. Yes, I actually enjoyed the research needed to write this series. The eight books in the Bluegrass Reunion series are contemporary romances about family and second chances. They are set in...
View ArticleLooking Back and Forward: Relaunching the Bluegrass Reunion Series
Back in the day, I sold my first book to Kensington for their Precious Gems line. It was a book I’d worked on for a few years, revised, cut out 30,000 words, and submitted. After that sale, I wrote...
View ArticleKentucky, the Bluegrass State
the land of beautiful women, fast horses, and good whiskey Kentucky is about a one-day’s journey from 75 percent of the population of the United States. The Commonwealth is known for many things,...
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