Jaci tagged me to write seven random facts about myself. I’m not that interesting, but I still think I can come up with seven…
1. My grandfather (mom’s dad) was a coal miner.
2. I’ve worked for an Immigration Judge, a Member of the European Parliament and a U.S. Congressman. And by work I [...]

This is not the usual end of the year list. Nope. This one is the Top Ten Signs A Book Is Written By Me list. I can’t claim an originality in the idea. Jill Monroe, Jaci Burton and Gena Showalter all posted theirs. I thought it was cool, so here’s [...]

Let me preface this entry with this disclaimer: People should feel free to write and read whatever they want. But…is it too much to ask for some variety? I had dinner with my fellow published authors from the San Diego RWA chapter last night (which was awesome). Before dinner, I looked [...]

People whine about the death of historical romance. I think it’s bunk. From what I can see, historical romance is alive and well. And, if the ratings in the November issue (every issue, really) of Romantic Times are correct, almost all of the historical romance books out there are brilliantly written. It’s [...]

I was paging through a magazine and came across this book called Love Life by Ray Kuhn. It’s a book Kuhn wrote about his life while his wife was dying from cancer. Sounds heart-breaking, doesn’t it? Yeah, but probably not in the way you think.
Seems Kuhn, who liked to [...]

I leave for Dallas and the RWA Conference today. If you’re wondering about my thoughts on RWA, head over to the Brava Authors blog for my quick take. Suffice to say, I’m betting that seeing all of those authors and publishing professionals together in one place will be that extra incentive I [...]

Huge Congratulations to my oldest niece Jennifer. She graduates from high school today - Wahoo for Jennifer!!!!

I was supposed to be there to see her get her diploma and cheer her on, but I got sick. Damn germs!!! I postponed the trip, sent a gift (an iPod - she knows, so that’s [...]

I entered exactly one published author contest this year. One ever, actually. While I’m not sure what the value of these contests are, I wanted to see what would happen. Yeah, we all have egos and all want our books to do well.
And…I finaled! I’m thrilled!! The email I got [...]

In the next guest blogger installment, Cynthya Petzen offers her thoughts on Angela Knight’s MASTER OF DRAGONS. Thanks Cynthya!
Master of Dragons by Angela Knight is the latest in her Mageverse series. I have been eagerly awaiting Kel’s story ever since the book that first mentioned the dragon shapeshifter trapped in a [...]

The title of Stephen King’s article on the back page of this week’s Entertainment Weekly is How To Bury A Book. Sounded like a scary thing, so I read what King had to say. Basically, he came across this book Fieldwork by Mischa Berlinski. He loved it. He then went on [...]