A month ago, I received an unexpected gift in the mail.... A WHOLE BOX of Bordeaux chocolates from See's Candies. My absolute favorite! Three reader friends -- Joy, Crissy and Amy -- sent it to me. The note accompanying the chocolate indicated that I should be on the look-out for more gifts. More gifts? But why? It wasn't my birthday. Nor had anything celebration-worthy occurred … [Read more...]

I spent last week in New Orleans! While we were there, one of our tour guides mentioned the phrase laissez le bon temps rouler -- let the good times roll -- which captures the flavor of New Orleans well. I'm glad I set aside a whole week for our trip! Because we took our time, we were able to explore numerous facets of the city. The history, the food, the music, the … [Read more...]

I was once the girl who couldn't memorize multiplication tables (and to this day numbers do not stick in my head). I was once the girl who fell so far behind in 5th grade math that her teacher asked her to sit in the hallway filling out worksheets while she taught the other kids the math unit in the classroom. I was once the girl who failed math in middle school. I was once the girl who passed … [Read more...]

On my Facebook author page I recently asked, "Why do you think only some Christian readers read Christian fiction?" These are the top three answers I received.... 1) They don't know that such a thing as Christian fiction exists. Or their knowledge of it begins and ends with Redeeming Love, Karen Kingsbury, and Amish stories. 2) They perceive Christian fiction as low quality. … [Read more...]

Earlier this week, I read this fun post written by Andi at the Radiant Light blog. She provided short excerpts from several kissing scenes and I enjoyed her post so much that it inspired me to write this post. After all, I'm a romance author and the opportunity to write kisses between my characters is a huge job perk. And, after all, it is almost Valentine's Day. :) So here are four excerpts … [Read more...]