My little morkie poo, Jovie, turned one year old last week and to celebrate Mark and I set up a picnic table with girly birthday party accoutrement, In N Out burgers and pupcakes[…]
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Warning: You may want to skip this blog if you are uncomfortable with a lot of female anatomy verbiage (specifically a word that rhymes with China). *** As most of you know, I[…]
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged and it’s because after my book came out I fell into that whole self-flagellating catch-22 that seems to be a part of our culture and I’m[…]
These are all songs that inspired characters, scenes or ME while I was writing Faithful Lies. Enjoy! *** The Walk by Mayer Hawthorne … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBodVnF3IHE Liquid Lunch by Caro Emerald … http://shorturl.at/vFIOT Your[…]
One of my characters in Faithful Lies is a police detective. I know a retired San Diego cop and so before I wrote a particular scene I recalled a story he had once[…]
If you follow my blog, you know that my husband was diagnosed with tongue cancer this year and he underwent surgery and radiation therapy. The side effects were… not enjoyable. In addition to[…]
My stepdad passed away seven years ago today. It was easily the worst moment of my life and losing Dad changed me so profoundly that I’ve never bounced back to the person I[…]
I helped my mom move this week from my childhood home. It was rather a bittersweet time, but emotion was quickly replaced by panic and the need to get everything packed up and[…]
Most of the time I write from home at the dining room table, my laptop in front of me and a few of my favorite possessions on either side. And there’s usually a[…]
I ran out of yellow silky merino yarn yesterday so I drove to the local craft store I normally buy from. But they were all out of the yellow color I needed so[…]