Since settling into my “adult” room in my “big girl house” I’ve acquired a beautiful collection of porcelain-faced dolls.  They make me feel like I’m in the middle of a Victorian Tea Party all the time, which brings me a lot of joy as I’m surrounded by so much charm and beauty.  My little world […]

Finding the motivation to tackle a project or a challenge can be a challenge in and of itself, and one I have, at times, found myself facing.  For writers in particular, finding the motivation to spend hours at the computer typing can be a daunting task when life and all of its discouragements get in

Musical theater contains an element of mystique which is inspiring, alluring and just plain magical!  Like novels, plays tell fascinating stories, only with acting, singing, dancing and costumes the game becomes quite different.  Under the guidance of their directors, actors work to tell stories on stage through voice inflection, physical expression and music that warms

Writing about that which takes places between the sheets is a complicated endeavor for even the most practiced romance novelist.  Red-hot love scenes that steam up the pages of a story are what many readers crave, yet when I uncover negativity in a review it’s sometimes because the reader found that a story contains “graphic

Everyone has a story.  Everyone’s story is different.  This is one of the first things I realized as I became aware of who I was and began to find my place in the world.  It’s also a fascinating phenomenon, THE most fascinating phenomenon, if you ask me, that every breath we take, every motion we