I do not have many African American characters in my books, but I do include
Today is Ash Wednesday, but although I am Catholic, I will not be getting ashes
As I’ve written before, my husband recently spent 30 days in the hospital. This was
I wrote on Monday about the tragedies of Alzheimer’s, which are real and heart-wrenching. But
Almost exactly ten years ago, in late September 2005, I attended a three-day diversity training
As I mentioned in my last post, my granddaughter just passed her first birthday. My
Mac McDougall, one of the major characters in my series, is an attorney who is
Smithsonian.com published an article on December 9, 2015, entitled “The History of the Christmas Card,”
Tomorrow, March 8, is International Women’s Day. I was with a group of women fiction
This picture of me and my brother was one of my mother’s favorites. It was
Not everyone will be haunted by The Orchardist, by Amanda Coplin, but I was. I
I wrote five years ago about my first day of work for Hallmark Cards on
This week, March 16-22, is Brain Awareness Week, a program launched by the Dana Alliance
Every so often, something happens in real life that makes a good story. There is
I’ve been asked to participate in an Author’s Blog Chain this week, which gives me
I had a boss once who always knew what percent of the year had already
My mother died on July 4 last year, so I am completing a year of
I wrote on Monday about my children and their cousins. The picture above is my
In my current work-in-progress I have two female characters who are pregnant, one for the
I recently learned that my two most recent novels, When Heart Shall Fail and A
I’ve mentioned NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) before—the national endeavor by authors around the world