Writing through Tough Times

Autumn is a second spring, when every leaf is a flower. — Albert Camus Here in the Pacific Northwest, the autumn rains have returned. Like a drummer, now light and playful, now driving and thunderous, drops vibrate the roof above my office. It’s time for another...

Book Review of Two Schmexy Cowboy Novellas

September has not been a good writing month for me. My mom’s ill, and nothing saps writing time like worry over a loved one. However, I’ve found reading romance novels to be very therapeutic these days, and I’m burning through them like a California wildfire. Two I’ve...

Wrangling a Bucking Bronco, Manuscript Style

No, I don’t write cowboy romance, though I do enjoy reading them. What I’ve been wrestling with is a spicy contemporary romance that refused to be tamed. The story bucked and kicked and bolted at breakneck speed until it finally exhausted its energy. At last, I can...