I'm hosting Cathy West for a Q&A today, friends! Thanks for joining us here, Cathy.  In celebration of Memorial Day I've created a giveaway that includes Cathy's brand new book, Where Hope Begins.  Also included: my newest book, Falling for You, and Denise Hunter's newest book, Honeysuckle Dreams.  Be sure to leave a comment on this post to be entered to win!  -Becky Can you tell us … [Read more...]

My new book, Falling for You, released last week and it's become a tradition for me to post an interview with my cover model(s) near the time of a book's publication.  My annual cover model post is always one of my favorites!  Each of my cover models has responded generously when I've invaded their email inbox with my list of questions -- which is what has made these posts possible.  My … [Read more...]

I'm a fan of cover art!  So I was especially excited to get a glimpse behind the scenes of Falling for You's cover shoot, thanks to the following photos.  It's my hope that you'll enjoy them, too! I began work on Falling for You in September of 2016.  I submitted it to my editors June 1st of 2017.  I rewrote it last August.  This cover shoot took place in … [Read more...]

We all have our quirks, don't we?  I'd love to hear some of your quirks in the comments!  Full disclosure: I may even give some of your quirks to future characters. It seems to me that those of us who are writers may have received more than our fair share of quirks.  For example, I still write my books in Microsoft Word.  I don't even use a recent version of Word.  No, indeed.  I'm using Word … [Read more...]

Greetings from Philadelphia! I left Dallas on Tuesday to fly to the City of Brotherly Love for the Public Library Association conference.  Here's my view of Dallas from the air on the first day of spring: And here's my view of Philadelphia from the air on the first day of spring: What a marked difference!  A nor'easter arrived at the same time that we did, so this Texan and her … [Read more...]