I love this time of year. The magic of snow, good cheer all around, and giving presents. Yes, I like giving even more than getting (though I like getting—don’t get me wrong!), because I love offering my friends something I think they’ll enjoy. Here are some gifts for you, dear readers: two new places to [...]

My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog thinks I am. While waiting tables at Eastside Mario’s in Colorado Springs, I met two Canine Companions ladies and their well-behaved dogs. The ladies said there were too many “cat mysteries” and not enough “dog mysteries,” and I promised to write [...]

Troubled waters lie ahead when hairstylist Marla Shore and her fiancé Dalton Vail sail away on their first Caribbean cruise with a killer on board. Watch for  the mass market edition of KILLER KNOTS coming in November! “Delightful…think The Love Boat meets Sex and the City. A charming heroine and a hero to die for, pick [...]

It’s easy to get discouraged when you are trying to sell popular fiction. Often, the rejections are more numerous than the successes. In 2001, Steeple Hill author Renee Ryan and I gave a talk at RWA in New Orleans. Entitled “Perspective, Passion & Persistence: the Three P’s of Success,” it was our twelve-step guide designed [...]