The old 1970s song “The Things We Do for Love” ran through my head often last week. And while it’s a song about romantic love, my context was the love of parents for children and grandparents for grandchildren. You see, we are not beach people. We enjoy looking out at the ocean and hearing the waves crashing while reading a book. We don’t particularly enjoy fighting for a bit of shade … [Read more...]
Books in My Beach Bag
Hi friends, Happy Wednesday. My brain thinks it’s still May and I have the rest of the summer left to enjoy so it’s hard to believe we are nearing the end of July! This is what happens when we change up our summer routine. We usually kick our summer off at the beach with a long weekend at Ocean City before the madness of Memorial Day. (Yikes!) Then later we have our family beach trip in … [Read more...]
Oh, what a feeling! I’m dancing on the ceiling!
I just finished writing the last book of a seven book contract. I finished on Monday at around 4:30 PM. The book is due today but I turned it in yesterday at 3:30 PM. Am I happy? Yes. Because over the last three years, in-between and around those seven books, I've moved twice, had health issues, traveled extensively and also written seven novellas and two continuities. I'm not bragging. I'm … [Read more...]
Celebrating a new release!
It's always fun to have a new book out and this week I'm celebrating the release of my second novella in the Driftwood Bay series I'm writing for Tule Publishing. Tule is a boutique publisher based in California that focuses on e-book novellas and full length romance in various genres. Started by author Jane Porter and some friends, it continues to grow and expand. I write sweet, inspirational … [Read more...]