I’m back with the folks in the village of Maidenford, my fictional  village outside the gates of Cherrywood Hall, aka Castlewood Manor....

Well, once again, July is going out with a blast, a heatwave blast that is! Whew, I am soooo ready for some cool weather, there’s only so...

We’ve all probably had a case of buyers remorse, where your must have purchase turned out to be less than imagined (or a case of...

What a week, getting to spend a few days on beautiful Catalina Island! Ocean breezes, fun in the sun, and of course the beautiful views....

26 Miles (Santa Catalina) Santa Catalina, the island of romance, romance, romance, romance. Water all around it ev’rywhere, tropical...

Although most of us survived the #LAHeatwave that started last Friday (L.A. area was not unique, apparently the majority of the Earth was...

I’ve been doing lots of #InspirationResearch (IR) for my third book—scoping out new settings and events to keep my characters (and...

Hey there, I hope you had a spectacular 4th of July holiday (without too many fireworks still going off in your head this morning). I’m...

Wednesday is one of our biggest summer holidays and I’m all ready to put on my red, white, and blue to celebrate our nation’s birthday. I...

Well I’m back from the beach, head on straight, ready to go into full blown writing mode now. It’s been eventful to say the least, lots...

I found myself being pulled deep into the writing weeds this week—-inspiration bipolarism, writer’s block the size of a skyscraper,...

To keep you up to date as I progress through Book 3, I thought I’d give you  glimpse of what goes on in my little writer gray cells on a...

One of my favorite fictional events so far has been the hot air balloon event hosted at the Cherrywood Hall estate featured in Cast,...

I’m once again in the grandiose rooms of Cherrywood Hall as I write book three and I can’t help but smile at the scale and décor of the...

This summer as I’m writing my third book, my #TBR reading list is stepping way outside my cozy mystery genre box (and in some instances...

I had the privilege of being interviewed as a featured writer guest on author Kay Latour’s blogsite recently and it means so much to me...

There’s nothing like walking in your character’s shoes (especially if they’re Gemma’s boots) to get your writing juices flowing. I’ve...

So a banjo playing gargoyle, Groucho, and Shakespeare walk into bar…..OK, I know it’s a start to a really bad bar joke—but the writer in...

My week of travel to see family and friends has come to a close, and we’re flying back to California today (flying as you’re reading)....

I’m taking a week to go back to visit with family and friends in Tennessee and Kentucky (with a side trip to the Biltmore House & Gardens...