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 [...]

Recently I was asked to be guest author for a book-in-a-week challenge group. Of course, that got me thinking about my own writing method. I write two to four books a year, which means I have to keep working at a steady pace. Long ago, I used to write slowly, then spend a lot of [...]

I found out recently on Twitter that Kate Rothwell had done a column with Gene Weingarten in THE WASHINGTON POST MAGAZINE. He interviewed her about romance novels and took a stab at writing one.  Then she told him why his efforts sucked. I thought, “Kate, that’s great!  What a fabulous place to get some publicity.” [...]