The Damned Little Details

Sometimes I just need to share...

Yesterday, a friend and I attended Angelina Lopez’s awesome book release party at One More Page Books. During the author interview portion, Angelina talked about trying to write a book but getting stuck on a minor detail. Her husband asked her why didn’t she just worked on the other aspects of the story and worry […]

Hey There Beautiful Friend,

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Welcome to my website. Have you seen the USA Today Cover reveal for Made? Go check it out!  USA Today Happily Ever After It’s been a whirlwind year for me. My first novel, Boss, released on March 6. Since then a lot of firsts have been happening for me. First signing at Girls Night Out […]

Beat the Block: Kick Your Writing Tormentors Where It Hurts

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[dropcap]W[/dropcap]riters are weird, quirky people with unique ways of thinking, writing and going about our writing. While some can’t find anything more exciting than a blank page, others are terrified of the zero-word count on Scrivener.   Every time I start a new writing project, the same old doubts surface. Can I do this again? Will […]

Meet Jake Ross

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I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before but I’m a huge baseball fan. So, you can only imagine how excited I am about our July book boyfriend. His name is Jake Ross and he’s the star of Rina Gray‘s Crazy for You. Jake’s a pitcher for the most storied franchise in sports, The New York […]

The Best Hangover of all Times

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[dropcap]Have[/dropcap] you ever had a hangover without drinking a drop of alcohol? Like you’ve been swept of your feet and floated for the whole night? I woke up last Friday feeling like I had been to the ball, danced the night away with my prince, and drank two bottles of champagne. And I did have […]

Meet Miles Gardner

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Miles, rebellious Billionaire from New England, is the star of  Cate Tayler’s novel, Love MeNow.  And we have him all to ourselves today! JL: Miles, tell us a little bit about yourself MG: If you ask some people, there isn’t much to tell. On the surface, I’m just your average playboy billionaire, a yes-man doing […]

Ten Spring Reads to Feed your Heart and Mind

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[dropcap]M[/dropcap]arch sent me over the moon, April has started out sad but, I’m turning to May with a hopeful heart and loaded with good reads. I’ve come to share with you my list of 10 books I’m reading in Spring 2017. I’m especially excited because some of the books on list are written by friends. […]

The Siren Call of Romance

[dropcap type=”square or circle”] W[/dropcap]hen did you first start reading romance? I was asked this question twice last week. I thought about it a lot, especially on my way to a romance pilgrimage with my critique partners Cate Tayler and Laralyn Gill. We attended the author signing at Turn the Page Bookstore. Did I mention it was 15 degrees? […]

Why my book is not published yet and failure led me to do better

When will your book be published? It’s a far cry from the rosy and happy ‘tell me what your book is about.’ The excitement waned into ‘so when is the book finally coming out’ at every encounter, in any venue, on the phone or via Morse code. The smiles turned from surprised-excited-encouraging to the barely […]