• Interviews

    Interview with graphic artist/photographer Marti Corn

    Have you ever had a professional portrait taken? Want to learn the do’s and don’ts of taking a good photo? Then you may enjoy my interview with Marti Corn a graphic artist and photographer with a fascinating background. She talks about her humanitarian work, how authors can choose a good photographer, what one should expect during a photo session and more. Find out more about Marti here. Find out more about her photography here.

  • 3 Quick Questions

    3 Quick Questions for Stella Cameron

    Welcome to another 3QQ post. This time I had a chance to chat with New York Times Bestselling author Stella Cameron about her new eBook release FRENCH QUARTER and the re-release of KEY WEST. About the book FRENCH QUARTER Available on Kindle and Nook! August 23, 2011 | ASIN: B005IKJB4S The shocking death of her employer and patron Errol Petrie, the excesses suggested by the murder scene, and the investigation that is sure to follow are just some of the pieces of Celina Payne’s nightmare. And the last man she trusts is now the only man she needs. Errol’s business partner and friend Jack Charbonnet, is powerful, enigmatic, and not…

  • Interviews

    Interview with writer/co-owner of Bywater Books Marianne K Martin

    Looking for top quality lesbian fiction? Then you’ll enjoy my interview with the co-founder of Bywater Books, Marianne K Martin who is also an award-winning author. She talks about how writing was a therapy for her as she struggled with her sexual identity in the 50’s and 60’s. She also gives great advice to writers about marketing and discusses the current changing publishing climate.

  • Uncategorized

    Stealing Fire: The Joy of Being a Writer

    I am working on so many different projects, sometimes I’m not sure I can keep up. But I’m having lots of fun as I prepare to re-release GAINING INTEREST and schedule to launch three original works before the end of the year.  And, in case  you think I have extra time, I am also starting another book for Harlequin that’s scheduled for Fall 2012 ( Readers take note: SECRET PARADISE is now in the hands of my editor and is scheduled for March 2012. Whoo hoo!) Recently an uncle caught me in deadline mode (not the prettiest of pictures I admit) and he feared that I ‘worked too hard’. But…

  • but Writers are Crazy

    Artists are Weird, but Writers are Crazy: A Mistaken Mystique

    Please note that this series is written in fun. If you don’t like hints of sarcasm and hyperbole don’t read this series. If you find the title offensive, don’t read this series. However, if you understand that this is a great time to be a writer of fiction and feel like a lone happy person in a tsunami of fear, read on. I recently spoke to an agent interested in a general fiction book I’d written who wanted me to spend five years revising it. Not five weeks or five months, but five YEARS. I thought she was insane. She thought I wasn’t committed to excellence and told me of…