Ahem! Well, I have tried to access my newsletter account host for three days, and I suspect that the host has gone out of business. Nice that they let me know! Not

So there won’t be a March newsletter. There IS a winner of the February contest.

Roberta J. aka house_mouse88 is the winner of Bachelor Boss by Christie Ridgway. Congrats! Roberta, please send me your mailing address via my contact form on my website.

The way I conduct future contests is up in the air right now. I’m weighing options — one of which is that readers of my … Read the rest »

My copy edits for A Cowboy Christmas arrived. Nice timing with the last Rita book to judge and a proposal due on my agent’s desk. All at about the same deadline. 😯

So it’s burning the midnight oil and then some time again. … Read the rest »

Yesterday, I got the good news from my agent that A Cowboy Christmas was accepted and is on schedule for its October release. After the shake up at the publisher with my editor getting fired and them moving their offices, I had to wonder how this would effect me. But Hilary got the ball rolling for me before she was dismissed. So thanks, Hil! … Read the rest »

I like little changes because they give me a fresh outlook. Usually. I’m not such a big fan of big changes because often they signal starting over from scratch.

The past two years I’ve had some big changes in my life. One was a pull the rug out from under you change. I was ready to coast for a while. Surprise!

Hilary Sares, my editor at Kensington Publishing, has left the company.

Editors come and go all the time. It’s the nature of publishing. I can deal with that.

So I say good-bye to the editor I’ve liked personally and … Read the rest »

I had a fab surprise waiting for me when I got home from work today. A box with half dozen hardback copies of Pirate Tycoon, Forbidden Baby.

Sure, I knew I’d get a few copies of this first edition. Yes, I’ve been anxiously awaiting a glimpse of the cover.

You see, my heroine is preggers, and I couldn’t imagine how they’d do the artwork and still make it sexy. Well, wow, they did.

I’m just thrilled that the cover gods smiled on me again. Soon, I hope to be able to post the cover on my website. It’s still not … Read the rest »