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I've been sitting at the page with the fifth book in my Scalera family series and can't seem to get it right. After spending weeks, visualizing how to begin the story, I'm still at a loss. The first couple of pages in a novel are critical. They either pull you in or...

Good morning:   Important day today across the country. Democracy only works when the people participate and today gives everyone of age and eligibility the opportunity to do that. All it should take is a short window of time but there seems to be areas of the...

Good morning: I've been having some issues with my word press blog. I can't seem to access it through my website anymore and I've wasted precious time trying to get it to work. This morning, on a whim, I dragged out my back-up computer, the one I use for games and...

My female lead in Coming Home to You is Tansy McPhail, born in West Virginia, in a section of the country known as Appalachia,  (I didn't know it was pronounced Appa-lat-cha.) She comes from proud Scottish stock, her ancestors settling in the southwestern hills, and...

when all my plans had to be recalibrated. The dogs didn't have day care this week because the provider took a week's vacation; a new refrigerator arrived and it took an hour to dismantle the old and another to assemble the new, my trainer had to switch my times to...

and they've become an additional tool in developing characters... and I love learning something new. During an email thread, my editor introduced me to this other way to approach personality. Of course, I had to purchase a couple of books that would explain it, and...

Although it's a dreary one, it's a great day for sitting at my computer writing. It's also the kind of weather when I love to grab a book, curl up on the couch and pass some time in another world. As I've mentioned, I love books with complex characters. The more...

Last blog, I talked about archetypes and how they captured the essence of human character. In response, a writer told me about a complete writer's guide on heroes and heroines. Being a book junkie, I purchased it, interested in seeing how the authors would explain the...

of Massachusetts it's been a harrowing couple of days. While watching the news on Thursday afternoon, for a weather update, wanting to keep track of Florence and her northward journey, there was some breaking news that forced any thought of the approaching hurricane,...

"Classical music is a celebration of artistic excellence."   Bill Clinton I love all kinds of music: rock, country, some hip-hop, and, yes, some classical. When I was writing Cold Sweat, the heroine a classical pianist, I would play some of the greats, filling my car...