This is the first page from Chapter Four of my current WIP “Hostile Makeover.” He’d never taken a woman to dinner that looked quite like Iris Willingham. Chocolate brown turtleneck sweater tucked into light brown pants and flat shoes. Very flat shoes. No belt, no jewelry, nothing even remotely feminine. The entire outfit screamed business [...]
A bunch of Dunes and Dreams writers, myself included, were invited today for a fun filled day of swordplay, great food and an array of animals at the Kiefer’s. We all learned about weapons of yore and took turns at slicing water bottles with an ancient German long sword. Pat Kiefer mystified us with his [...]
Today is Father’s Day. I realized in romance writing, the sexy, alpha hero is not usually a father. Oh, he may become one by the end of the book, but he doesn’t start out that way. Yet fathers figure prominently in many romance novels as minor but pivotal characters. In historicals, for instance, fathers are passing their titles and [...]
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Hey, guess what? It’s snowing!!! again. Besides school kids and snowplow drivers, is there anyone out there excited to see another weather map coated in white swirls? Not me. Two days ago, I could finally see my lawn peeking through the frozen stuff left by the last storm Mother Nature dumped on us. For me, [...]



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