Don't you love it when you find a new awesomesauce writing tool when you're not even looking for it? Me too! I'll try keep the backstory short (as good writers do, right? ;)) Back in the dark ages, when I thought myself invincible, I helped a friend move. I insisted I could lift the end of […]

I was fortunate enough to go to the RWA Conference in New York in July (thank you, Alpha Dog). Between meetings, chatting with friends, and parties, I got to exactly 3 workshops (beat last year, when I got to zero!). But luckily I attended what I'm sure was the BEST of all workshops. I've heard […]

I admit, odd people fascinate me. The marginal personalities, the walking damaged, the wierdos. When I look back in my life, it seems I’m the Pied Piper of The Quirky (Or maybe it just takes one to know one ;)) They show up in my novels often. I've written a New York fashionista transplanted in […]

I am not an old soul. I am a klutz and a fairly slow learner. I bumble through life, making almost every mistake possible before finding the right way.  People (most notably, my long-suffering parents) tried to explain things to me. But that’s apparently not how I learn. And I don’t think I’m alone. This […]

   This blog is the fault result of a question from Cerrisa Kim, on the WITS Facebook page. I’d posted a brilliant Writer’s Digest article about the line between Women’s Fiction and Romance (You can read it HERE). Cerrissa’s question was more specific though - how I was able to write in two genres? What […]