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A Town, A Book, A Family

When my contemporary romance novel A New World came out, my sister-in-law said, “Now I understand why you paid attention to all those details.” During various family reunions in Gloucester, Massachusetts, we’d walked on a lot of beaches, along town...

Cure for Writing Procrastination

Procrastinating is dangerous. We all know it. I might have found a cure for procrastination. Procrastination Anthem Yesterday, I had a case of the procrastinations and I decided to clean my two popcorn pots. I have a tendency to punish myself when I procrastinate. Why...
Fork Over $2.5k, Learn to Scam via Kindle Unlimited

Fork Over $2.5k, Learn to Scam via Kindle Unlimited

I just blogged about why Patricia McLinn books are not in Kindle Unlimited, including that I don’t care to be associated with an ecosystem (Kindle Unlimited a k a KU) that spawns scammers. Well. Now there are people trying to sell courses (charging $2,500 !!!)...

Guest author Pauwels on Wyoming 911

Cyndi and I met and hit it off at the great Magna Cum Murder mystery writers conference last October in Indianapolis. We’d been chatting for a while when she mentioned her background as a 911 operator in Wyoming, and I pounced!  I am excited to share with you...

Guest Blogging on Writerly Research

A quick note to let you know I’ve guest blogged with the lovely folks of Liberta Books about the lively — and sometimes deadly — world of research for writers. C’mon over. The research is fine. ‘-) And take a look around this wonderful...

Harlequin Lawsuit’s Happy Ending

Sitting in front of me is the settlement check I received from a class action lawsuit against Harlequin. Because this Harlequin lawsuit was settled out of court, there was no winner legally. That’s not how it feels. Not at all. Let me tell you, the authors won....