February 3, 2012 – 3:14 pm
It’s Friday and a gorgeous day up here in Seattle…sunny and bright and clear. The sun makes me feel light and happy. And reading makes me happy and I’m hoping to wrap up work early today so I can squeeze in an hour of reading Georgette Heyer’s The Unknown Ajax before resuming mom duties. Leaving [...]
January 20, 2012 – 1:05 pm
What a week! We’ve had days and days of snow and the kids have absolutely loved being out of school. I haven’t been playing though as my deadline is less than a month away and I’m deep into this new book. I really love this one, its complicated and intense, but also really fun as [...]
December 21, 2011 – 6:01 pm
Right now I don’t feel like a real writer. Maybe its because I haven’t been writing for a number of weeks and I have a big deadline bearing down on me. It will be good to get back to my desk in January. I’ll probably have a lot fewer pep talks with myself when [...]
December 1, 2011 – 9:53 am
Happy December! I’ve been working with my editor on the backcover copy for my new women’s fiction book out in September from Berkley. So far the title is my own working title, The Good Woman, and I’m hoping they keep it. I thought I’d share the back cover blurb with you, but remember that it [...]
November 30, 2011 – 3:01 pm
I haven’t been blogging a lot lately. I’m sure you’ve noticed. But things here at home have consumed me. Being a mom has meant I’ve had to focus my energy on the kids and the writing has been pushed to the side for the time being. It’s okay. That’s how it goes. I don’t know [...]
November 13, 2011 – 2:19 pm
I am enroute to Seattle from Dallas, buckled tightly into my seat due to extreme turbulence. Its not easy typing as we dip and drop and bounce but its kind of exciting, too. Makes flying feel even more adventurous. After four great days in Texas, its back home, and back to writing in the morning. [...]