Last August I had the pleasure to attend Romance Writers of Australia’s annual conference in Melbourne. I love attending the Australia conferences. I love my Australia author friends. Such good people. Such good fun. And last August I begged Megan Crane (aka Caitlin Crews) to go with me and she did, which made the four […]
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I Heart Lilian Darcy
I’ve had a strange couple of months with regards to blogging and social media. I’m finding it hard to do. Don’t have a lot to say. Find my thoughts (and me!) incredibly boring. When I’m actively writing I don’t have a sense of outward things…just my story, and my family. And trying to continually find […]
February Love
Those of you who’ve read my blogs for awhile now know I love February, everything about February as its my birth month and Valentine’s Day and President’s Day and everything pink and red and sweet and sentimental. I love Valentine decorations and how wonderfully short the month is compared to January and March. I love […]
Reading is Heaven
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 […]
Dreaming of Beaches & Book Stores
We’ve made an offer on a house in San Clemente, California and hope to close before the end of February. It’s a great house, a historic home, very close to the beach and the San Clemente pier, and so it looks like we’re definitely heading to California in June once boys finish school. It’s exciting […]
Back to Work
I am working–writing–and it feels good. Really good. I’m one hundred pages into my story and there are areas I need to tighten and edit, and other areas I need to build up and flesh out, but its exciting to start understanding the story and feeling the characters come alive. I am going to be […]
This is the Real Thing
I don’t relax easily. Find it difficult to sit still unless I’m reading something, and even then I’m wiggling a foot up and down, a constant jiggle perfected by my fellow Porters…my dad, my brothers, even my sister to a certain extent. I’ve a quick temper, too, far too impatient, and easily irritated when I […]
Impostor Syndrome?
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 […]
Munich
Thank you to everyone for your wonderful sister tag suggestions. Loved them. Love you. You are the best of the best. Feel so fortunate to have readers and friends like you. Speaking of reading, I just finished a fantastic Georgette Heyer, Faro’s Daughter, and it was truly wonderful. Faro’s Daughter and Arabella have to be […]
Anyone Feeling Clever?
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 […]
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