My Honey-Do List

It was a big joke when I was little- the “Honey Do List.” Supposedly it was a list that a housewife made for her “honey” of a husband to DO.Ā  I loved the play on words even though I really didn’t care for honey dew melon.

I have always been a list-maker, having been born into a long matriarchal line of female list-makers (thank you Mom and Gram). Continue reading →

A Writer’s Desk

Welcome to my writing space!
When we built this house in 1995, this room was my stepson’s bedroom. When he moved out ten years later, we converted it into a guest room. But now we have two other guest rooms in our home, so this year … abracadabra! It is now my writing space. Continue reading →

Book Promo 101

Well!Ā  I’m deep in the muck of figuring out how to promote my novel, Dragonflies at Night, which will be available this September!

It’s a very interesting process, and I am learning to trust myself and the process, just as I have trusted all other new ventures in my life so far. Continue reading →

Free Book for You!

I think you will enjoy this uplifting 50-page novella (longer than a short story, but shorter than a novel).Ā 

If you’re looking for a story about love of many kinds, or if you’ve ever grieved a loss or needed someone to love you, this is the story for you!

Click image above to get your copy now! Continue reading →

Dragonflies at Night Update

I’m back!

And before you ask, I don’t actually have an orange typewriter. I use a silvery laptop that opens me up to my imagination every time…

Good news about my upcoming Women’s Fiction novel Dragonflies at Night…

The manuscript has been edited and proofread (several times by several different pairs of eyes) and now it is in the hands of the ever-fabulous and amazing Carol Coogan, my book designer. Continue reading →

Welcome to My Desk!

I say desk, singular, but in fact, I have two writing desks. This is just a piece of one of them. I know, I’m very lucky. No, make that blessed!

But right now I’m writing this while sitting on the sofa in our family room, with one lazy gray cat named Louis sprawled all over my legs. Continue reading →