Category: Joy

  • Guess What!

    Guess What!

    I’m Getting Trained … At this moment, I’m on my way to Wisconsin for Writers’ Police Academy! I’ve heard about it for years and always thought it would be fun, but now I get to actually do it. Do what, you ask? Get the same hands-on training taught to Law Enforcement, Fire, EMS, and Corrections…

  • Showers & Flowers

    Showers & Flowers

    Springtime in Arizona Do you know the saying about April showers bringing May flowers? We don’t get a lot of rain here in Arizona where I live. Despite that, springtime flowers decorate the Sonoran Desert with a lovely carpet of pink, purple, and yellow flowers. I love seeing the saguaro (pronounced sa-waa-row) cacti looking like…

  • Happy Release Day!

    Happy Release Day!

    Woohoo! Today is release day for book 1 in my Kayla Walsh Mystery-Suspense Trilogy! Kayla ignores the red flags that should have kept her from going inside the house, but when she does, her life forever shatters … along with the window through which a brutal home invader throws her. Two years later, she dumps…

  • My Christmas Gift to You!

    My Christmas Gift to You!

    To show my appreciation for you this holiday season, I’d like to give you a digital copy of my latest book, Hidden No More. It’s about a local TV news anchor, Amelee Hodgins. On the day her greatest love leaves her for a younger woman—and takes her treasured dog with him—Amelee falls out of her…

  • Thankful!

    Thankful!

    It’s the time of year when many of us think about what makes us feel thankful.

  • Shhh…Don’t Tell Anyone Yet!

    I’ve asked my email subscribers to help me choose the cover for my next book! Beginning in January 2022, I’ll be releasing a trilogy of mystery suspense novellas, and I need to pick a cover for book 1, Nowhere to Hide. The series is about a young woman who dumps witness protection to embark on…

  • YAY!! I’m Celebrating!

    Hello from Washington, D.C. I cannot describe (and I’m a writer who describes things!) how happy I am to finally be out of the house—vacationing with my husband in Washington, D.C. Today we’re on a glorious cruise down the Potomac River on the elegant Spirit of Washington. The food, entertainment, and weather are perfect! Yesterday…

  • Want an Amazon Gift Card?

    Thank you so much to all my Book Buddies who made the launch of Choir Loft Murder my most successful yet! I don’t know how I can repay you, other than offer two different ways you can enter to win a $15 or $25 Amazon gift card. Both of them expire on September 11, so…

  • It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

    There was an old TV commercial about a rejoicing parent buying school supplies to the song “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.” His kids are watching and looking as sad as sad gets. While I love spending summer time with my grandson who lives with us, I admit to having a renewed sense…