Crayons, glue sticks, and last year’s wrapping paper Writing the chaotic dinner scene in An Untouchable Christmas, I channeled the Christmases from my childhood. Christmas was a big deal growing up, with my mother doing everything in her power—even when money was tight—to give everyone a “perfect” Christmas; occasionally going…
Tag: Suspense
Oftentimes, characters develop fully while I’m plotting or writing. They start out rather nebulous (ie—alpha male with anger issues) and grow into “people” as the story progresses (and edits reinforce things). But every once in a while, I get lucky and meet a person where my very first thought upon…
From my staring-at-a-blank-page point of view, writing Romantic Suspense is double the work and double the fun. There’s still only one hero and one heroine, but woven within their story of getting together is one of survival from whatever bit of danger I decide to toss their way. Of…
I admit I don’t play a lot of Pokemon Go, but I’m not opposed to running through the neighborhood with the kids in search of an elusive Charizard. I personally am horrible at catching anything. I was also the girl on the side of the lake with no fish…
What if you were a woman who’d never had a chance to develop her own interests, who took on the interests of the men in your life, but failed to create your own identity? What if you’d lived through tragedy after tragedy until you said “enough is enough!” and…
How prepared are you for an emergency? If a major storm, earthquake or fire should occur, do you have a go-bag ready? If you were given ten or twenty minutes to pack your most important worldly possessions, what would you take? This wasn’t a mental exercise for me in…
“Oh, dear God, if you see fit to get me out of this alive, I promise I’ll never, ever sleep with a guy before marrying him!” This improbable prayer shot from my lips the first (and only) time I ever rode the Matterhorn roller coaster at Disneyland. I was…
It was June of 2007. I was sitting at a Starbucks in St. Paul, Minnesota. I’d just dropped my nine-month old daughter off at a sitters so I could study for the Minnesota Bar Exam. Suffice it to say, the guys at the table next to me were a lot…
I can almost hear people asking it. Heck. I ask myself the same question all the time. How does a stay-at-home mother of two toddlers with no writing background and no social media pages sell a six-book deal to Entangled Publishing? I know. It’s crazy! Unlike most writers, I never…
Two authors collaborate… read their story! Between the Sheets with Genie Davis and Linda Marr How did we start writing Between the Sheets? The answer starts over twenty years ago. Not that we really want to admit we knew each other that long ago without the word “kindergarten” being mentioned.…