! Jill and Zane’s next chapter is in the works!

My latest manuscript Getting Published is Murder is a Top Pick in the Killer Nashville 2024 Claymore Award (Comedy). I’m so honored!

Last Christmas, my son gave me a set of homemade writer dice. Now when I sit down for a warmup exercise, I roll a die or dice and journal about the suggested character, technique, or ponder point. When I enjoyed the maiden roll, the die landed on “epistolary”. According to Merriam-Webster the word means “Of […]

Blooper Time With the completion of Getting Published is Murder, it’s time I post some bloopers. Granite, I poled sum late oars with this manuscript. Instead of the upgraded seating area, his room had an efficient cough and coffee table. “We encountered less expositions than Hollywood portrays,” Alec joked. She sighed the form. She studied […]

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 […]