Life at the Carolina Coast – A Preview Look at My Brand New Series

Happy 2019! This is the year I’ll be leaving my longtime job as a public sector attorney to write full-time and travel on our new catamaran sailboat. My husband and I will be leaving the Carolinas in December of 2019, Read more

Hurricane Florence : Battening down the hatches

As I write this, my home state of North Carolina, as well as South Carolina and Virginia are getting ready for an unwelcome visitor: Category 4 Hurricane Florence. I’ve written a stories with hurricanes in them (Take Two, set on Read more

Fall, Halloween, and GRL: Getting Past the Fear

Happy October everyone! I’m so excited for fall, because it brings with it cooler weather (thank goodness!), Halloween, and most importantly, this year’s Gay Romance Literature Retreat (GRL)! GRL is an LGBT love fest. Literally! For those of you who Read more

End of Summer Musings and an Eye on the Future

The end of summer is almost here. I’ve always felt a bit mixed about this time of year, wanting to stay in the past but barreling toward the future. Summer reminds me of vacations from school, dipping my feet in Read more

Taming Creativity: Shira Cracks the Whip!

My upcoming release, Forgotten Paradise, will be my 20th published book. I never thought I’d publish a single book, let alone twenty. But about ten years ago, something just clicked. Adding “write a novel” to one’s bucket list is so Read more

Shira Anthony’s in Dreamspun Heaven

A week ago today, I was in Orlando, Florida, attending the Dreamspinner Press Author Workshop, an annual get-together of Dreamspinner authors and staff. As always, it was an amazing creative battery recharge for me, and I’m more excited than ever Read more