One nice thing about being a writer is that any time something goes wrong in life, a writer says to herself, "I wonder how I could use this in a book..." Ken and I are still traveling in Texas and New Mexico. We've had a great trip and everything has gone so wonderfully well that we really weren't surprised when Sunday night as we pulled into Pecos, Texas on our way from a visit to Carlsbad … [Read more...]

Ken and I have been traveling in Texas for the past week and will be exploring much of this huge state over the next month-plus. We have been blown away by the beauty of Texas, especially the Hill Country, which is a new area for us. I'm thinking I may just have to set a future book in this place and this season when the bluebonnets and Indian paintbrush and baby blue eyes are gorgeously in bloom … [Read more...]