How I Fell Victim Like Sleeping Beauty
True confession. I am a read-a-holic. However, I always buy my books … until now. Today, I accidentally-on-purpose signed up for Kindle Unlimited, the Amazon reading subscription program like Netflix. Almost all my books are offered in it, so I love it. It’s weird I never signed up before, considering. See, there was this email from Amazon, and I clicked […]
The Lure of Spicy Corn
My assignment for the Big Griffith Thanksgiving Party is jalapeno corn. There’s an irony there. I’m from Idaho, a place where the spiciest foods I grew up eating were salty mashed potatoes. So, as a newlywed I showed up in the Arizona southwest, home of the green chile and the jalapeno. Me, from the Land […]
The Billionaire Makeovers Get a Big Makeover!
So, it was time! I needed to gussy up my Billionaire Makeover Romance series, and I decided at first to just re-cover them, but my friend and cover designer told me…nope. They need new faces, new titles, a whole new look. After a few minutes’ consideration, I realized she was totally right! So, here they […]
Snake Oil at the County Fair
Last weekend was our county fair. Do you attend those? We go every year, as it’s our town’s Big Deal. (I think most small towns have at least one Big Deal. Where I grew up, the rodeo was the annual Big Deal, three nights of parades and rodeos and a carnival.) I went with my […]
Falling in Love Spotlight on Julie Wright + Win $25
Lies Jane Austen Told Me by Julie Wright Ever since Emma read Pride and Prejudice, she’s been in love with Mr. Darcy and has regarded Jane Austen as the expert on all things romantic. So naturally when Emma falls for Blake Hampton and he invites her home to meet his parents, she is positive an […]
Summer Teen Job
I’m polishing a book to release next week! My 90s Boy Band Boyfriend ought to go live on 8/23. It’s been one of my most fun books to write. I mean, it’s about a 90s boy band star who miraculously survives a plane wreck, only to wake up in the present day at the home of his biggest fan, […]
House By The Side of the Road
Times change, don’t they? While I was in college, I wrote and read a lot of poetry. I fell madly in love with the 17th century poet John Donne my senior year. I entered a poetry contest. I took a class. But then after college I got away from it. In fact, I got to a […]
Baby, What’s Your Soundtrack?
Next weekend my parents will celebrate their 50th Anniversary! I’m so happy for them. They are the best couple and have been so through many things–together. I was visiting them, and an old friend told me, “I look to your mom and dad. They’re the couple that tells me that even if I can never have […]
Car Saga
Can I tell you about my car saga? This all happened yesterday, starting before the crack of dawn and ending well after dark, and in the midst of a combination monsoon storm and haboob. (That’s a new word I learned yesterday from the storm warning center. It means a massive dust storm in Arizona.) Here’s the deal. […]
Super Daisy is Back & Even Super-er
Somewhat of a long story precedes this new release announcement. It goes like this: My very first attempt at self-publishing was in 2013. I’d gotten my rights back to Delicious Conversation (now Chocolate and Conversation), and I designed a crummy cover and put it on Kindle. It shocked me when two months later, I saw […]
