• Award-Winning Author, at your service

    Award-Winning Author, at your service

    2023 is turning into THE bucket list year. First, the trip to Australia and New Zealand. Next, trapeze lessons. And now, award-winning author! My Best Mistake – Tasha’s Story is the 2023 Readers’ Favorite Bronze Medal Winner in the Fiction – Chick Lit genre! I’m honored to be selected and thrilled to be included with some amazing authors. I’m…

  • Everyone needs a team!

    Everyone needs a team!

    Book five in the My Best series, My Best Break: Cynthia’s Story launches June 8, 2023. It’s time to spread the word about Cynthia, and that is where you, dear reader, come in. Who’s interested being on the ARC or Launch Team or both? Below is a brief description of what each team does. And it’s pretty…

  • It’s a new year!

    Can you believe it? 2022 at last! Not that I didn’t enjoy 2021, but here’s hoping that we can finally get a handle on the craziness of the world. Although as I alluded to in the blog’s sub-title, 2022 might have a few curveballs to throw us.  What to expect: I’m keeping things simple in…

  • Out with the old

    Happy New Year’s Eve! It’s been a long 2020 and we are finally at the end of it. There is no magic wand that will fix all the things that we’ve endured these long twelve months, but I hope that you’re celebrating tonight nonetheless. You made it through the year! I’ve got some new things…

  • Book Launch Thursday!

    Today is the day! My Best Decision – Sara’s Story is available in e-book! You can find it at these retailers: Amazon Kobo Google Apple Barnes & Noble If you like the book, please leave a review! You can review it on any of the retailers above or on Goodreads. Thanks for all the support!…

  • Look what happened in the last twelve months!

    As we wrap up the month of May in this very odd year of 2020, I wanted to give a big thank you to everyone who has supported me. My first book, My Best Mistake – Tasha’s Story was released June 6, 2019 and my second book, My Best Decision – Sara’s Story will be…

  • My Best Decision – Sara’s Story is on its way…

    I’m excited to let you know that the book is one step closer to getting published. My Best Decision – Sara’s Story will be back from the proofreader next week so I should be able to set a publishing date. I was hoping for May, but it might be early June. We shall see. I’m…

  • My Favorite (Writing) Quote

    I recently gave a presentation to a group of high school students about being a self-published author. It hit the highlights of self-publishing, what it is, how it works and its pros and cons. Considering it was the first time I’ve spoken in front of a group of anyone who isn’t A) related to me…

  • What is Women’s Fiction?

    The other day I was asked the question, “What is Women’s Fiction?” It should have occurred to me that not everyone knows what Women’s Fiction is, but I hadn’t thought about it much. Apparently, when you are immersed in a subject, you think everyone else knows what you know.  I decided to do some research…

  • Feedback

    Instead of today’s regularly scheduled “Spotlight On” interview, I wanted to share something I learned this week. It would have been helpful to learn this sooner, but hey, I’m human. I did something new on Tuesday. I launched a short story, “The Cabin“. It ties into a novel I’m writing, but more about that later.…