Hi, friends!  Happy Wednesday. Excited to be back with you. Most readers generally know me as a suspense writer. One who writes the books that hopefully keep you up at night and your door locked ☺ Some know me as a romantic suspense writer, where it’s a combination of the two, but typically, the romance comes second in most readers’ eyes. But, to me, the romance is just as pivotal, if not … [Read more...]

Happy Wednesday, friends! In our rush around society, we often forget to take a deep breath, to look out at the horizon, to soak in God’s majestic creation surrounding us. To listen to our babies or grand babies (in my case) laughter, to watch a butterfly fluttering around the bush in the back yard, to enjoy the scent of fresh tomatoes and spices wafting off the stove from our cooking dinner. … [Read more...]

Hi, friends! I just returned from a wonderful time of fellowship. Twice a year, I host a writing retreat for authors from aspiring to multi-published. Sometimes it’s all pre-published writers, while others, it’s all published authors, but this recent one was a wonderful mix. We spent all of last week together in a lovely home in Orlando, Florida, but I’m still bummed we didn’t have a Pac-Man … [Read more...]

Hi friends, and happy Wednesday! We had a series of storms move across Florida as my husband was supposed to be flying home.  Torrential Downpour. Flash floods. Massive wind gusts.  Over 500 lightning strikes tallied.  They closed Tampa airport and the other two in the area.  All planes grounded, including my husband's, on a runway in Baltimore. … [Read more...]

Hi friends, and happy Wednesday! I just returned from the National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Nashville,Tennessee. You might wonder why an author would attend a broadcaster’s convention,but it’s for all forms of Christian media and Christian communicators. I never reallythought of a book in the terms of media per se, but the definition of media is: NRB does a fantastic … [Read more...]