Five Real-Life Stories That Made it in my Cozy Mysteries
This morning, a friend sent me an article about a woman who was arrested for breaking and entering based on the evidence of Cheeto dust....
Confessions of an Author with Nothing Interesting to Say
My characters have more interesting lives than I do right now, but I'm okay with that. Life goes through seasons, and in the season of...
Love Anyway
I had to work until six on Sunday, so I showed up at the Super Bowl party during halftime. Of course, my husband was singing karaoke, and...
The Mystery of the Heirloom Bible
In cleaning out our garage this weekend, we found a lot more than expected. Specifically, we found a Bible dated 1888 and engraved with...
Outtakes of the #TargetDressChallenge
If you're on social media, you might have seen pictures making fun of the old fashioned prairie dresses currently on sale at Target. The...
Facebook Famous
A friend told me last week that I'm "Facebook famous." I joked back about the 800 readers in my fan group, feeling like that really isn't...
The Divorce of a Romance Writer
I'm working on a book proposal for Naghmeh Abedini. If you don't remember her story, she was married to the American pastor imprisoned in...
10 Tools for Dealing with Abuse
As I finished chemo last month, I feel like I can now start to look objectively at my battle with cancer, and when I do, I can clearly...
How to Live in a World of What If
Twenty-one years ago this month, I blacked out while driving on a highway in Portland, Oregon. I was pregnant with my firstborn, and the...
Excerpt From Christmas Ella
To celebrate National Fairytale Day, I'm sharing the first scene my modern day twist on Cinderella! If it sweeps you away like a princess...