With this hashtag trending, I noted many women strongly speaking out and letting people know their stories. I too, am among the many who have suffered sexual abuse in the past. I don't remember much about my real father who left when I was two, but I remember many things about my stepfather who ended up adopting me, and none are good. He molded me and shaped me into what he wanted, a child who would trade sexual favors for gifts, money....you name it. If I wanted it, it was m

I thought I'd have lots of time to write this summer. But, life happened as it is always prone to do. It started with the lawn mower breaking down on me. Not even a year old and already stopped running after using it what? Maybe three times? I have a huge backyard that is hard on mowers but that seemed a bit ridiculous. Then my phone stopped working. Worst of it is, I still owed money on it. LG4 apparently is crap and has a class action lawsuit getting geared up agains

Excited to announce that the tentative release date for Adrian and Melody is August 4. Currently, it is available on my publisher's website as a presale if you wish to reserve a copy now. (they're having a great summer book sale!) I have added a page here on the site with the story synopsis. Yes! It's a good one I promise. Fans of the series will be delighted to see many characters come full circle and have a satisfying and heartwarming conclusion to their stories. Others won

Most people celebrate New Year on January 1st, but for me, my birthday, April 29 has always felt like the beginning of a new year. It's a time when I assess the past year, look at my accomplishments, failures, and decide what I want to happen before my next birthday rolls around. Since April of last year, many things have happened, the biggest being I completed Melody and Adrian's part of the Love on Fire series. Their story has come full circle and is done. They'll appear

Today, I went to see the new version of Beauty and the Beast with my daughter. It was always my favorite Disney movie and one of the first movies she and I shared together when she was young. As I watched in awe at the spectacular special effects and wonderful creation Disney came up with this time, I thought about the heart of the story. How love can transform a very unlikable character into a prince of a guy. I realized that my novel series is in a way that classical "o

Finally I have seen all my muses live. The 80's icons who inspired the characters in my novel series and lead me on this wonderful journey of writing! On December 2, I was able to travel to Atlanta to see Brian Setzer, who inspired the character of Douglas "Dagger" Meyers. It was an amazing show. Brian is an awesome performer! He brought everything to the show...Christmas, rockabilly and big band swing. I was bummed that I could not get any photos due to tight security, b

I honestly thought I was done when I finished Book 3, Adrian and Melody. The couple has come full circle. It seemed like the happiest of endings had finally arrived. But then something magical happened. You see Book 3 is going to introduce a LOT of new characters. And the more I wrote about these new characters and their story lines, I thought, hmmmm...why not write new novels with THESE characters. They are all part of the "Love on Fire'' series, so why not carry on wit

Some people may read "A Melody for Adrian" and think to themselves, "Where are the drugs? These guys are in a punk rock band, they should be doing drugs?" I made a decision to not have drugs in the first book (although there will be some issues in book 2) for a simple reason. I've never done any illegal drugs and have zero experience with them. Therefore, I didn't want my band to have anything to do with them either. The problem of course is making that believable since d