I worry that we’re teaching another generation of young women that love is tragic and painful, and that inappropriate men are the tastiest kind of forbidden fruit.
Romance Is Good for You
People are people, and let’s face it: a lot more of us are looking for love than are looking for the meaning of life.
The 5K Marathon
When I spend eight to twelve hours immersed in the story, I can separate myself from reality and live the life of my characters.
Mr. Toad meets Reality
You can’t trust the facts you learn in fiction. But stories uncover emotional truths far better than any history book.
The Happy Finish
I’ve always loved John Irving’s books–especially The World According to Garp and A Prayer for Owen Meany. His stories feel wonderfully complete, progressing inexorably and almost divinely from the opening sentence to the final thought. Now I know why. According to Off the Page: Writers Talk about Beginnings, Endings, and Everything in Between by Carol […]
Fantasy Men Redux
My friend Laura claimes she doesn’t have the writing gene, but she definitely has the plotting gene.
The Ratman
Scrape is not a fan of rats, so he found this horrific. I thought it was kind of cool
The Tiny Teacup
M. is our scaled-down Wyoming version of the Psychic Friends Network. She may be only one friend, but she’s definitely tuned in to the cosmic network far more effectively than Miss Cleo.
Wanted: Fantasy Men
Scrape is tall. He’s dark. He’s handsome. He’s perfect romance fodder, and a real inspiration (nudge nudge, wink wink). But I can’t base all my romantic heroes on him. For one thing, they can’t all be hot-cha fighter pilots. For another, he’s a little too good to be true. Really. I keep waiting for him […]
The Name Game
Names in novels are never arbitrary.
Spotlight Addiction
Last year, at the Colorado Gold Conference, I gained a full understanding of the inner workings of the tormented psyche of Britney Spears. Yes, thats right. Our favorite crash’n’burn starlet? I totally get her mindset. Totally. The head-shaving, panty-flashing celebrity is simply a victim of spotlight addiction. For a few short hours that weekend, I […]
Heroines Unleashed
Well, I went in. Deep, deep inside the bowels of my latest novel. And I wasn’t sure I’d ever get out. The problem lay in the heart of the book: my protagonist. She seemed a little flat, like a singularly untalented actress I’d sent onstage to play out the machinations of the plot. I’d directed […]
Death & Resurrection
I wanted to kill my third novel.
About Me
About five years ago, I embarked on a writing career as part of my burgeoning midlife crisis. Since then, I’ve published two contemporary Western romances, Cowboy Trouble and One Fine Cowboy. In 2011, I’ll be releasing two more books – Cowboy Fever in April, and Tall Dark & Cowboy in the fall. Ernest Hemingway once said […]