For the Love of Travel
I’m preparing to head off for a season of travel through mid-December. I’ll be taking one trip per month, and while it’s a lot of travel for me, I’m so excited about it. I love…
A New Move
Hi friends, and happy Wednesday! I’m writing this from my new office in our new home in Florida. Yep! We just made a big move from Maryland, where we’d lived for thirty-one years, to Florida…
The Power of Words
Happy Wednesday, friends! As authors, we deal with words, and I’d venture to say we’re enthralled with them—striving to use just the right words to convey what we want to say. I listened to a…
Fiction Openers: Discover The Bestsellers’ Top 5 Tricks
Did you know that acquisition editors often accept or reject your entire novel simply based on your opener? Bestselling authors are known for their standout beginnings. Consequently, their opening lines play a large part in…
A Lost Love Found
Hi friends, Happy Wednesday! Hope you’re having a wonderful week. My family and I headed to the beach for a much-needed vacation. Everyone has been working hard and we all needed time to just soak…
Vacation Essentials
Hi friends, I absolutely love to travel! My favorite place to visit…? The beach—as I’m sure many of you have guessed. But I love traveling, period. I love visiting new places and stumbling upon unplanned…
Top Summer Picks
I’m sharing my top summer picks on the Inspired by Life and Fiction! Read here.
A Heritage of History and Hope for the Future
I may write contemporary fiction, but I love history. I even try to weave into some of the stories I write. My debut novel, Submerged, focuses on Russian-Alaskan history, while Cold Shot is primarily set…
Reading Quirks
Hi friends, I always love spending a day with you! I think all readers have reading quirks or habits. How we handle our books, when we read, where we read, and how we save…
Real Life Adventure
Hi friends, Back in 2012, I did a feature on Bear Grylls. It’s hard to believe it’s been so long. I’d nearly forgotten about the post when the Editor at bouncemojo.com reached out to me…
Not Perseverance After All
Hi friends, Happy to be back with you today! As the title alludes, this originally was going to be a post about preserving through difficult times, but then I realized, to my surprise, it wasn’t…
Excited to Read: On the Cliffs of Foxglove Manor
I’m ecstatic to be here with you again. Due to health reasons and deadlines, I took a long hiatus, but I’m back! And I will be posting here every other Wednesday! I don’t know about…