• When Things Stop Making Sense

    When Things Stop Making Sense

    There’s a point in every story where everything stops making sense. The beginning is clear. You know where you’re going, or at least where you think you are. There’s energy in starting something new—a sense of movement, of possibility. And then, somewhere along the way, that clarity fades. The middle is quieter. Slower. Less certain.…

  • Choosing the Stories I’m Meant to Tell

    Choosing the Stories I’m Meant to Tell

    On revisiting older work, writing to market, and trusting thequieter parts of a story. When I first wrote Arizona Dreams and Déjà Vu Dreams, I made a choice that felt practical at the time. I included on-page intimacy because I believed that was what the market expected. I wasn’t uncomfortable with romance itself—I’ve always been…

  • Get to work.

    Get to work.

    My writing and publishing schedule is once again behind my self-imposed deadlines. The plan was to be writing book 4 of the Cozy Quilts Club Mystery series but edits for book 2 and 3 have pushed that back at least a month….Read more