Different Stories, Common Themes
Over the past several months I have showcased several main characters in my latest novel, Behind the Lies. In this post, I’m taking a longer view with a [...]
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Sep, 2024
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Feb, 2024
Book Club Love
Still jazzed that I made my book club appearance this month—not as a speaker, but as a participant. My own book club meets monthly and has been for [...]
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May, 2023
Mother Love
Mother’s Day is supposed to be a day of celebration. A day of grand gestures and unconditional love expressed in all manner of ways. We’re inundated with images [...]
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Apr, 2023
The Heartbreak of a Runaway
Recently I had the opportunity to help return a runaway dog to its heartbroken owner. Perhaps I overstate my role here, let me tell you the story. To [...]
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Mar, 2023
The Personal Touch….
My first novel, A Better Next, was published in May 2019, my second novel, Finding Grace, in July of 2022 and my third, Behind the Lies, is in the queue [...]
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Feb, 2023
Gestures of Love
February is the perfect month to make a gesture of love. Get showy even! Flowers, Valentine cards, chocolate, and in my case home-made sugar cookies baked from my [...]
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Jan, 2023
Her Choice
Early in this new year, I’ve been lucky to have a few library events to talk about Finding Grace. Added to the many interviews and events I’ve had [...]
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Dec, 2022
The Thing About Small Towns
“The nice thing about living in a small town is that when you don't know what you're doing, someone else does.” - Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804, German Philosopher. I [...]
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Nov, 2022
Loathsome Mothers
By now, many have read Finding Grace, and have deep feelings about Caroline and her style of mothering. One of my early reviewers used the term “loathsome” to [...]
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Jun, 2022
Father’s Day
Father’s Day is just around the corner, and for many of us the holiday brings memories of fathers long passed. My own Dad, a WWII veteran who went [...]