Getting Stronger

 I’ve been doing Jillian Michaels’ 30 Day shred for five days now and I am SORE. Cancer, two back to back surgeries, radiation and the resulting 45 pound weight loss left me weak and even more klutzy than usual, which is SCARY considering how Klutzy I was to begin...

Cooking: My Creative Outlet

 I’ve been writing fiction full time for almost a year now, and even though the past twelve months have been crazy, I love it. I am incredibly blessed and lucky and living the dream. (Okay, throat cancer wasn’t exactly in the plan, but I survived it, grew from it and...

Shiny New Ideas

 I’m sitting in a hotel room in Redding, California after about ten days of travel, sightseeing and author events. To say I’m tired after more than a week of travel is an understatement, but it’s only because this comes after an exciting year of ups and downs. UP? I...

Marketing Madness

Holy, moly, mother of god, does public relations, marketing and platform building stress me out. I feel like I should know all this stuff already and I don’t. People say comforting things like, “A writer’s job is to write. Only do as much marketing work as you are...