Woohooo! My YA novel, Mind Traveler, has been selected as a Golden Heart® Finalist ! For those of you who don’t know,  Romance Writers of America® holds the RITA and Golden Heart contest every year to showcase the work of published and unpublished romance writers. I’m so excited and honored to be chosen. The…

  I’m currently reading Holly Black’s, The Darkest Part of The Forest. I love Holly’s work. I have ever since reading my youngest son The Spiderwick Chronicles. Judging by her photo she was ten when she wrote those. So, yes, the love of her work has morphed into a one-sided…

  My dog gets all sorts of nervous before it snows. Or rains. She walks the house. She follows me around. She barks to get up on the bed then barks to get down. Most of the time I have limited sympathy for this crazy dog, but every once in…

Have a cat? Ever wish you could communicate certain things to your cat? Me too. Things like…. 1.     Settle. I’m not going to let you starve. 2.     You have a scratching post. 3.     It is not a leather chair. 4.     You can’t fit everywhere. 5.     Not everyone…

Someone is being harassed or humiliated every day online because someone else has decided that person is fundamentally bad. Sometimes a social media vigilante beats the war drums and all the digital villagers rush out with pitchforks and fire before they know what’s what. I know. I’ve been there. “The…