Research

I think I’ve written here before about how much I love doing research for my writing. Seriously. I can’t help it–I’m a huge nerd and also an academic.  One thing I think is especially fun is all the ways that Read more

Road Trips

I’ve been doing a lot of road trips over the past twelve months. Some of them have been sort of out of necessity–I live in California and most of my family is in Oregon–and some just for fun. The longest Read more

Horns of a Dilemma

Ir’s that time of year again. No, not the holiday season. I mean the end of the semester. And since I’m a university professor (only semi-retired; I still teach two online classes per semester) I’m grading term papers, assignments, and Read more

Yay us!

The other day I was feeling critical of myself because this year I’ve managed to finish only one novel. I usually write about three each year. But you know what? This year I also semi-retired (which required a lot of Read more

Overextended

Hoo-boy! In the past month I’ve 1. Had a new book release; 2. Driven to Oregon, back to California, and to Oregon again (I’m heading back to California this week.); 3. Empty-nested and helped my younger kid settle into her Read more

Fraught

I have a new book out in a few days. If I’ve counted right, this is my 35th novel. Thirty-five! And to think that I spent years believing that I was incapable of writing even one novel. The time surrounding Read more