Cupid is Stupid!
As someone who has written romance, you’d think I would be all over Valentine’s Day. Truth is, I never was a big fan, even when my husband (John) was alive and we were very happily married. I always saw it as a Hallmark-fueled day that put a lot of “he went to Jared’s” pressure on those who were coupled. Even more, I felt it was a mean-spirited roses-in-your-face slam on the single, a day determined to remind them of just how SO single they were. For this reason, I was known
If You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover, How About by the Cover MODEL?
I spent most of last week attending the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Atlanta. Oh my, what a wonderful and valuable experience! Workshops, socials, speakers, author signings, cover models. Yes, those too-gorgeous-to-be-true guys who grace the covers of romance novels, sometimes dressed as highlanders, pirates, cowboys and whatever else strikes your fantasy-I-mean-fancy. But here’s the thing: they ARE real. I know because I met some at a
I'm So Excited and I Just Can't Hide it!
Before I start, let's be honest. As soon as you read my title, that song I'm So Excited by the Pointer Sisters entered your head. Now it might be stuck there, looping over and over... and over. I get it. It happened to me as soon as I typed it and I've been singing the chorus of the 1982 mega dance hit for days. But moving on, I really am excited to share some news with you. A morning phone call this week with my publisher -- the smart, lovely, and remarkable Terri Leidich of
