Starting my research on Full Disclosure. All I know is the mystery will surround a resort in Carmel Valley Village.

Any writer has been there. Your weekly page goal is 125, you’re on page 110. It’s Wednesday afternoon. Nothing is working. Over the years I’ve used many methods to overcome this inevitable challenge such as “get moving” (walking my husky four miles for the second time that day) to “getting out” (watching two women get […]

It’s time once again to poke fun at myself. Whether it was auto correct or a flat out error, here are some of my latest, humorous type-os discovered while editing: I set new time records walking that day, headless to the rain. (Kind of hard to walk without a head . . .) She got […]

Recently I was asked to assist a First Robotics Tech Challenge team with their community outreach project – a children’s book involving a protagonist with a mind for robotics engineering. Discussing their plot and character development I showed them areas where they needed to noodle a little more before working on their rough draft, and […]

The second book in my Kara Cinnamon series is done. Once my synopsis of Search and Seize Her is complete I will start on the third manuscript – Full Disclosure. I really enjoyed researching how the art world operates, not to mention some of the major art thefts in recent years and how the FBI […]

Despite the explosion on blogs and social media regarding the Season 3 finale of Downton Abbey, as an author I have to comment. (Yes, I just caught up on episodes.) My schedule demands I watch little television, rather than read a book or borrow a movie from the library to watch with my family. But […]