Owning my NaNoWriMo For those unfamiliar with NaNoWriMo, the acronym stands for National Novel Writing Month. The November event involves a writer attempting 50k words in 30 days (1500 words/day). I had never tried it since I start my projects in January and by November I’m polishing, not adding word count. Many commit to the […]

Blind Conviction Wins a Maggie! I’m delighted to announce Blind Conviction received the 2023 Maggie award for Best Suspense (pre-published). It never ceases to amaze me the level of dedication required to make a competition successful. I extend my deepest gratitude to the Georgia Romance Writers organization and all the volunteers who made the Maggies […]

Manuscript #13 Getting Published is Murder What better way to use my 22-year (and counting) journey toward traditional publication than turn it into a fun, romantic mystery! Formulating ideas and gathering nuggets in prep to bang out a rough draft of Getting Published is Murder during NaNoWriMo in November.

Website Upgrade and other Horrific Deaths Little strikes more fear in this writer than navigating a website upgrade. Please excuse lurking menu buttons, suspect evil-twin photos, kidnapped slideshows, and waaaayyyy too large blog posts. I’m running down the clues to fix it.  

Blind Conviction Finals in the 2023 Maggies! Georgia Romance Writers gave me a fantastic early birthday gift–A call to inform me that Blind Conviction finaled in the “prepublished” author competition. I’m humbled by such an honor. My appreciation goes out to the judges for their time, and all who work so hard to put on […]

CraftFest in NYC! Had a fabulous time at CraftFest (Thrillerfest) in New York. Such a unique opportunity to hear Director Comey speak about the FBI and answer my question regarding resident agencies (RA’s).