2009 RITA Nominee
I am thrilled to announced that my debut book, HER ONE DESIRE, has been nominated for a RITA in the Best First Book category. A little about the award: The RITA Award is Romance Writers of America’s®...
View ArticleIt’s Hunt-the-Gowk Day…be wary…
In Scotland April Fools’ Day is actually celebrated for two days and is known as “Hunting the gowk”. The second day is devoted to pranks involving the posterior region of the body. It is called Taily...
View ArticleHooray, hooray, it’s the first of May…
Are you one of those author types who will get up this morning and check all your promo loops to see where you can pimp your book? Or are you on that fancy promo loop that reminds you daily where you...
View ArticleOMG! I’m finished…
Those are the words every author loves to say, but how long do you bask in the glory of “OMG! I’m finished”? Well, I’ve been basking in it for about a half-day and I’m already looking at the calendar...
View ArticleGetting to know your characters.
Sound like a fun topic? Well sometimes it is and sometimes you have tight-lipped, arrogant, pain-in-the-arse heroes who won’t play fair. So how do you get them to talk? Bribe them. Talk dirty to them....
View ArticleIt’s Release Day!…well sort of.
It’s October! I should probably dazzle you with wit or teach you something of value like the importance of action tags over dialogue tags, but I’m not going to…why? Because my second release, HIGHLAND...
View ArticleFacts, Fiction, Research…oh my…
Readers often email me to ask me about research. Sometimes they simply want to know if I hold a Masters in history and sometimes they want to point out what I did wrong. Well, I don’t hold a Masters in...
View ArticleHappy Hogmanay!
You read it right…Happy Hogmanay!Only one nation in the world celebrates the New Year or Hogmanay with such revelry and passion – the Scots! It is believed that many of the traditional Hogmanay...
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