This is the first page of my 2023 planner. My entire publishing world for the year is in this book and I literally cart it back and forth to the day job each day so I can add, adjust, move things around as they happen. If I were to lose this thing, I'd probably have a total meltdown. Seriously, there would be tears involved. And possibly alcohol. But, back to the goals. This is everything I hope to accomplish in the coming year. Hope being the operative word! Let me elaborate

Christmas is almost here, which means I'm on vacation right now. This means that there's a pretty good chance you're going to find me, at some point in the day, in my pajamas and curled up with a book. This is usually in the evening because, even on vacation, I tend to find a litany of things that I absolutely need to get done. But, when I finally get the to point where I feel like I've done enough, I have a reading routine that I love in the winter. I will make a cup of hot

As soon as the weather turns cool, it’s my time to shine in the kitchen. I’m not good with coming up with meal ideas for the hotter summer months, but give me fall or winter and I’m on my A-game. And the easier the recipe, the better, because my house runs on chaos these days. None of us are on the same schedule anymore and there are plenty of times where we don’t even eat at the same time. My daughters are in college classes and working, my husband works full time, and I als

Anyone who knows me knows that Nora Roberts is my go-to author when I want to get lost in a story. I have dozens of her books on my shelf (not even exaggerating) and I re-read her books all the time. I've gone through the In Death series (by her alter ego pseudonym JD Robb) twice. I guess you could say I'm a pretty big fan. ;) What I'm not usually a big fan of is fantasy. There are exceptions, while rare, but the Dragon Heart Legacy is one of them. And I think the fact I list

Thanks to my readers, 2022 has been my best year in publishing so far. For me, this isn't a brag, but a marvel. I still can't believe I get paid to create fictional people and places. And while I'm not getting rich by any means, I feel like I'm on the right track to start giving back through my publishing. I've been giving a lot of thought to how I would like to go about this and I've narrowed it down to two causes I would like to support. The first is the scholarship fund se