I have a two-book deal with Crooked Lane Books for my first novel ONCE TWO SISTERS! How did this happen? Read on...

'Tis the season to be merry and bright, but things can also be a little hectic this time of year. My idea of the perfect winter's evening is curling up with a good book (either one I'm reading or one I'm writing) but I wouldn't trade a minute of cel...

If you follow me on Instagram or visited my old blog, you may have noticed that I’m a big believer in good food. There are a couple of reasons for this. The first is that writing is hard work. When you’re spending serious time creating, revision, and focusing on your w...

When you think of a writer at work, do you picture one person, head down, typing on a computer or scribbling in a notebook? Is there anyone else in the picture?

When I first decided to try my hand at a novel, I didn’t know any unpublished writers. I worked in a bookstor...

So I read my way through school (lots of it) and out into jobs in bookstore. I worked in an independent bookstore in Rhode Island and another in New Mexico, where I was not just selling, but doing the ordering (different from the buying, but closer to first pick of the...

I became a writer through reading. Lots of reading. Excessive reading. After my bedtime by the hallway light (bad for your eyes, don’t do this), during class with a book inside my text book (bad for your grades, don’t do this either), while walking around the house and...