I was just sitting here in a daze, thinking about the past few weeks. Make that the past year. This was my first year as a published author! What a year! I wanted to thank everyone for the kind notes and messages you've sent my way. I've loved every one. It thrills me when [...]

Liberty Bell Mums First of all, thanks so much, everybody, for your support of This Love of Mine, which released earlier this month! Really appreciate all the kind comments. And the newsletter sign-ups and Facebook likes. And just to let you know--I have giveaways going on at Fresh Fiction from now till the end of the [...]

My heroine of This Love of Mine, Meg Halloran, is not a risk taker. She’s a dutiful daughter and a hardworking bridal shop owner struggling to get her business off the ground, and she’s overwhelmed in many ways.   She’s fantasized about Ben Rushford, an ER doctor, for too many years, and she finally decides [...]

Spring has finally arrived in Ohio! And not a moment too soon! I'm busy making deadlines but I thought I'd post a few links from some fun things I've been doing around the internet lately: --This past week, on the USA Today Happy Ever After Blog, I got to give my hero, Brad, some badly [...]

Last week, I got to spend some quality time with my oldest daughter, a recent college graduate, when we fled the cold of Ohio for a few days and went to Southwest Florida. Sunny, warm day, Beach, Southwest Florida. No snow in sight!!! I must admit, I have this thing for the ocean. Ever since [...]