My husband was recently hospitalized for complications related to his Parkinson’s disease. I took him
I recently learned that my two most recent novels, When Heart Shall Fail and A
On January 1, I read a piece by Lauren Jackson in the New York Times’s
My book Family Recipe: Sweet and saucy stories, essays and poems about family life has now
As I announced on June 1 to readers of my monthly newsletter (fill out the
Shortly after I married my husband, his mother wrote out her recipe for steak soup
The 95th celebration of Children’s Book Week begins May 12, 2014. Children’s Book Week is
One issue every writer must address is how much time to spend marketing as opposed
Authors continue to research aspects of their plots throughout the drafting and revising of their
This isn’t a typical Halloween post, but it is about hallowed ground. The original meaning
I hate the weeks leading up to April 15 when I have to prepare and
My daughter came home for her birthday last week, and it was a delight to
As I’ve written before, I am not a fan of green peppers. In fact, I
I grew up listening to Broadway show tunes on my father’s stereo system. Actually, not
When I was a small child, I had an imaginary friend named Ky-Bee-Chee-Bee. To me
This post is about my mother, though not about Mother’s Day. While searching for a
As I write my fourth historical novel about the West, I’m finding more and more
My daughter was born the day before Mother’s Day. Some years her birthday has been
In addition to remembering your loved ones on this Memorial Day, perhaps you should consider
My maternal grandmother gave me an amethyst pin many years ago. I don’t remember exactly