A Christmas for Virginia
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. A reprint of the famous 1897 Sun Newspaper editorial.
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Happy Thanksgiving
I just want to wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving! I hope this day, and the rest of your year, is filled with love, laughter, and more blessings than you can count. To help you celebrate, I’ve added one of my favorite Thanksgiving poems to this post.
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Gratitude Journaling
Since Thanksgiving is tomorrow, I thought I’d share one of my favorite practices for this time of year. There are many types of journals–diaries, travel journals, food journals, etc, but there’s another kind of journal that does more than keep track of your life. There’s a journaling practice that’s been proven to reduce stress and improve happiness. It’s known as Gratitude Journaling.
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Happy Halloween & A Tell-Tale Heart!
Happy Halloween! To celebrate, I thought I’d write about Edgar Allan Poe who published his most famous short story, “The Tell-Tale Heart”, in 1843. This story
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A Romance Writer’s Favorite Books for Halloween
As an author who loves to read and write happily ever afters, I have to admit I also read in many different genres, including horror. And this time of year, I tend to reread a lot of my favorite “scary and spooky” books that I’d normally not read at any other time of year.
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NaNoWriMo Preptober: Part 1
It’s Preptober time! That means it’s time to prepare for NaNoWriMo–that month where writers try to write 50K words on their manuscript or finish a project they’ve already started.
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Elizabeth Marie Pope’s The Sherwood Ring
A brief introduction to the acclaimed YA author Elizabeth Marie Pope and her first ghostly novel The Sherwood Ring. A perfect romantic thriller to read on a cold autumn night.
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To Redeem Tragic Love Stories
The redemption of tragic love stories has been a favorite topic of romance writers for decades. And no trope has been rewritten and retold more than Romeo and Juliet.
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Beauty & The Beast: A Tale as Old as Time
Beauty and the Beast is a fairytale that dates back centuries and has a complex and interesting history which has made it one of the most beloved fairytales ever.
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Let’s Get Ready for Camp NaNo
Next month is Camp NaNoWriMo and it’s never to early to prepare your project and your life. 50K words is a lot and I’ve laid out some tips to help you prepare and succeed.
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The Boy in the Woods
Sometimes it take a teenager to explain the complexities of what makes a novel work and how to fix a sagging middle.
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How Myths, Fairytales, and Legends Created the Deadly Force Romantic Suspense Series
Now that Forever and Always, the prequel to Every Deep Desire is out in the world (in the Hope for Ukraine Anthology), I want to talk about the myths/fairytales/legends that inspired my Deadly Force romantic suspense series, including my debut novel Every Deep Desire.
