When the universe starts talking, you listen. Actually, I’m not sure if it’s just that the universe is talking or if I’m just more inclined to listen now that I’ve made the decision to take the self-publishing plunge. Or maybe it’s really true that Sedona’s hippy-dippy, woo-woo psychic energy...

I’ve mentioned before that I’m not much for astrology. Living near Sedona’s well-known psychic vortexes is finally starting to take its toll, though. When I saw the message below in my fortune cookie at Panda Express one recent afternoon, it was the final impetus I needed to take a big...

Earlier this month, my awesome CP Jennifer Faye tagged me for a Sunshine Award. The fact that I’m just now getting around to sharing it is all on me, not Jenn. The Sunshine Award is a lovely sunny flower that bloggers give to other “bloggers who positively and creatively inspire others...

The Boston Marathon bombing was a horrendous tragedy, and plenty of folks more eloquent than I am have expressed their thoughts much better than I ever could. Why’s that? I write romantic comedy. I don’t do well with dark moments, tears and a heavy heart. My whole family’s like...

Who AM I? In high school and college, I was the nerdy kid so many loved to hate: I finished papers early and often set the curve. The semester I spent in England, I turned in my British Studies research paper  — on “Wuthering Heights” — early so I...

A new theory has been simmering in my brain for the last few weeks. Want to hear it? Of course you do. If you didn’t, you wouldn’t be reading my blog, right? Authors — and readers — have TBR piles. More likely than not, they’re towering TBR piles that...

The most recent snowstorm that socked Flagstaff left me wearing snowboots. They’re heavy, clunky boots that, while keeping my feet dry and at least a little warm, tend to gobble my socks. Because of their penchant for leaving me with one sock off and the other half on, I...

Love and laughter have been in short supply in my little corner of the Internet, and for that I apologize. I’ll try to blog more often. I want Love & Laughter to grow better … faster … stronger in 2013. Yes, that’s in addition to all the REAL writing...

Despite my goal to boost my online presence, it’s been too long since I’ve written a blog post. I can’t say it’s all bad, because I have been busy writing … and rewriting … and getting rejections … and rewriting some more. Since I last blogged, I finished the...

I was glad to say yes when Amy Raby, one of my Starcatchers sisters from the RWA Golden Heart class of 2011, asked me to take part in the Next Big Thing blog hop. Unlike Amy, I don’t have a book scheduled for release. But I’m happy to talk about...