“First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish...

Both At the Crossroads and Dead in the Alley are off to early readers. But what does that mean? First, it means that I have completed...

Portrait of Robert Burns by Alexander Nasmyth, 1787, Scottish National Portrait Gallery Happy Birthday, Robbie Burns Every year, on...

When you type "the end" on the first draft, you breathe a sigh of relief, and then turn to editing. . I thought that the second book...

I am part of a group of thirty authors who are participating in Snow Day, coming up on January 28. . Full of fun and book and gift card...

Author/blogger Ally Shields featured me on her Coffee Chat blog. Check It out here. Ally features different authors in a variety of...

You might, or might not, know that I am huge fan of Matthew Goode. Not only is he fantastically Goode-looking, but his name is so...

Stock your e-reader with great reads for the New Year. I have joined with twenty-nine other authors to showcase the books you have been...

So you want to give your true love This is how much it would cost, this year according to the PNC Christmas Price Index TRUE COST OF...

Christmas rolls into Boxing Day. We don’t follow the British or American tradition of lining up at stores to return unwanted gifts or to...

An At First Sight Vignette December 17 is the anniversary of the Wright Brothers' flights at Kitty Hawk in 1903. Max Grant's father,...

Finding the Right Use of Space When I moved to Chicago in 2017, I wasn't planning to revive my dreams of being a writer. I had bought new...

I've joined a group of romance writers to bring some coloring fun into your life. Author Danika Bloom has created coloring sheets for...

St Cecilia Playing The Organ painted by Jacques Stella, Musée du Louvre, Paris. Picture: Getty Today is Saint Cecilia Day, even though...

I will be at Love's Sweet Arrow bookstore in Tinley Park on Saturday, November 20, 2021 from 2-4 pm. If you are in the area, I hope you...

Fast-breaking news: Today, November 8, I will be one of the featured authors on Joanna Slan's Mystery Monday on Facebook. Click for the...

A view of lodge Mountain Lake Lodge in Pembroke, Virginia, is famous as the location of the filming of "Dirty Dancing." It is also a...

Free & Deeply Discounted Books! 🎃 October 30 & 31 ONLY! 🎃 Don’t miss the Blackbird Writers’ ⚡#flashsale⚡ with 50+ free & sale-priced...

You just wrote your first novel? And you're how old? How old is too old? Young authors are celebrated as precocious. Older authors are...

This week brings several milestones. First, I get to celebrate my seventieth birthday with seventy of my closest friends—well, the people...