I am just coming to grips with winter. Every year I hope it’s not going to actually happen. We go along for days with cooler weather. Then it gets a little colder. Then suddenly–zap. It’s full-on freezing, and I want to wrap myself in blankets, close the shades and stay in my nice cozy house [...]

I tweeted about what I was doing yesterday–moving piles of dirt around the yard. A tweet came winging back to me–Any writer who is moving piles of dirt around the yard is procrastinating. Go write. In a way, I guess that’s true. But I can’t write all the time. I’ve got to refill the well. [...]

Sometimes I ask myself, “Am I crazy?” There are a lot reasons why I might make that inquiry. This week, as I sit in a NY hotel room writing a blog entry, I’m wondering why I’m going to two conferences in July. The simple answer is that both International Thriller Writers and Romance Writers of [...]

I hope the headline got your attention. But it’s not what you think. In the late eighties, Harlequin Books had a Valentine’s Day reader party in Baltimore, and they invited me and some of their other authors. A friend from Washington Romance Writers, was among them and she introduced me to her husband, Keith. I [...]