Category Archives: News & Muse

  I’m taking a little time away from the editing desk to report on my very fun trip to Columbia, South Carolina a couple of weeks ago. I left my old Kentucky home after a long day at work, in … Continue reading →

Last night I was honored to learn that Find Wonder in All Things was selected as a Finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards – Romance Category.   This is the biggest not-for-profit awards program for independent authors and publishers … Continue reading →

For me, one of the unexpected perks of writing books has been the opportunity to take my ‘dog and pony show’ on the road.  It started with the local Kentucky Book Fair and expanded to various and sundry places around … Continue reading →

People often ask me why both my published novels and most of my other stories are set in Kentucky.  Unfortunately, I can’t give them a simple, straightforward answer.  I realize that I may not always be able to use this … Continue reading →

  A big, big Thank You to the folks at Austenprose! Find Wonder in All Things has been named as a Top 5 Contemporary Inspired book on their Best of 2012 roster, and tied for fourth place in the Readers’ … Continue reading →

Taking a moment to break out a virtual bottle of champagne:    The lovely and talented Meredith at Austenesque Reviews has announced the ‘Best of 2012′ over at her blog (see the Blogroll to the right.)  There is a whole … Continue reading →

Be sure to cast your vote in Austenprose’s Readers’ Choice poll for the best Austen-inspired book of 2012.  Anyone can vote from phones, desktops, laptops, Kindles, Wii, etc.  Thanks in advance for your support of Austen-related books! Share this:EmailFacebook

I was asked recently to compile some of the insights I’ve gained this year with regards to writing, along with some resolutions for the year to come.  I don’t know how many (if any) of these will see the light … Continue reading →

Last night I completed my fifty thousand word novel for National Novel Writing Month.  Woo-hoo!  I’m not rushing around with a finished manuscript by any stretch of the imagination, but I do have a skeleton of a novel that might … Continue reading →

The naysayer part of me can’t believe I’m doing this, but the eternal optimist part of me signed up to do NaNoWriMo again this year – as of about 2:00 AM today.  It’s an attempt to shake the dust off … Continue reading →