Saints and Sinners: Author Interview
Hi, friends. If you’re a neighbor of mine and you love books set in places you know very well, you’re in for a treat today. Virgil Alexander has written a second book set in the Gila Valley of Arizona. He’s a history buff, and this bit of desert is one of the great loves of […]
Cover and Title Reveal of My Coming-Soon Rom-Com
Exciting day! I’m finally ready to reveal the cover and title of my next novel. This one has been in the works for a lot of years, with the concept gelling in my head about six years ago. But I got frustrated with it after about 85 pages and set it on the shelf. Then, […]
Official Launch of a New Romantic Comedy
My book is officially launching today! Yay! I know, I know, it’s been available for a couple of weeks so this is a tad bit anticlimactic. But I CELEBRATE NONETHELESS. Humor me. And in case you’ve forgotten, despite my frequent reminders, here’s the rub about the whole series. Book One (Home Matters by Julie Ford) […]
Owari Da!
The title means, “It’s the end!” in Japanese. Sometimes I still find myself thinking in Japanese and have to translate in my head, even though it’s been a month shy of two decades since I’ve seen the Land of the Rising Sun. Weird. I wonder if that will happen for the rest of my life???? […]
Second Chances 101 by Donna K Weaver is Available at Last
Second Chances 101 is HERE! Time to get your clean romance fix of the day, ladies. For just the low, low price of $2.99, you can have a lovely, uplifting book for your midweek reading escape. Donna has been a good friend of mine for a few years, and I owe her a lot. She […]
200 People Who Have Looked Inside My Brain
So, a week ago I spent the whole day talking to Mr. Murphy and Mr. Osmond’s English classes at the local high school. About 200 kids are reading BIG IN JAPAN as part of their curriculum this year. Whoa, right? It was partway through the day when I realized: These people have all looked inside […]
Drum Roll, Please…. Book 2 of the Ripple Effect Romance is UP!
It’s really starting to make waves–er, ripples– now, this Ripple series. We’re on book two already! SILVER LININGS by Kaylee Baldwin. I read an advance copy of this book last week, and, ladies, I tell you, it’s lovely. The characters are just the sweetest. You met Drew Westfall in book one, Home Matters by Julie N. Ford. Now, […]
New Clean Romance Series Kicks Off TODAY!
I’m just hopping up and down! (Well, actually I’m typing and sitting on my couch. But my spirit is hopping up and down.) It’s here! The launch date of this new series. I’ve LOVED reading through these books. They’re really lovely stories, just sweep-you-away stories of people I feel I actually knew when the books […]
BIG REVEAL! Book Cover Art
The Brothers Washburn, whose excellent YA horror novel PITCH GREEN scared the heck out of me last year, have a new entry coming out in the campfire story chill-inducement genre: MOJAVE GREEN. I don’t know much about the plot of this little baby, but I do know Pitch Green told the story of a creepy […]
