The Midwife's Confession Trailer, Alternate Version
John created a one minute version of the trailer for The Midwife’s Confession. I think I like it even better. Intense!
Read MoreLet's Perk Up the Private Relations Cover
It’ll still be a month or so before I’m able to make Private Relations available for those of you who have e-readers, but I’m excited about freshening up the old cover. Private Relations was my very first novel. It’s the story of two men and three women who live together in a big house on the Jersey…
Read MoreBook Trailer for The Midwife's Confession
The trailer for The Midwife’s Confession And here’s John’s post about its creation. The Midwife’s Confession is available for preorder now and it will be published April 26th. Enjoy!
Read MoreFilling the New Bookcase
John and I moved into our North Carolina house five and a half years ago. We loved everything about the house except for one thing: it had no bookshelves. 4500 square feet and not a single bookshelf? Being bookaholics, it was hard for us to believe–and even harder to deal with. We bought bookcases and…
Read MoreRules for Becoming a Full-Time Writer
For my blog post today, I’m stealing something Kasey Michaels wrote on the Novelists, Inc authors’ loop–with her permission of course. This was in response to a writer who is about to quit her day job to write full time. So much of what Kasey says resonates with me. Some of it makes me nod…
Read MoreBeaufort Research and the Spooky Thing
I thought I’d share some of the pictures from my three day research trip to Beaufort, North Carolina and tell you the slightly spooky thing that happened to me while I was there. My character, twenty-two-year-old Robin, lives in Beaufort and I wanted to learn more about her everyday life. Robin manages a bed and…
Read MoreMaking a Trailer for The Midwife's Confession
Yup, John and I are at it again! The Midwife’s Confession will be released on April 26th, so we thought we’d better get cracking on the trailer. I’ve done my part, which is the easy part. I wrote the narrative and today I recorded it under John’s direction. I’m getting better at this! It only…
Read MoreA Love Letter to the Jersey Shore
Once a month, I write a blog post for The Lipstick Chronicles. Please hop over to read my love letter to the Jersey Shore (the place; definitely not the show!) Diane
Read MoreBeaufort, NC Research Trip
I’m in beautiful, charming Beaufort (NC, not SC, which I understand has equal charm), the partial setting for my work-in-progress. I’m here for three days and I wish it could be three weeks. I’m splitting my time between writing and familiarizing myself with the area (and, of course, the restaurants. . . ) . Ideas…
Read MoreFire and Rain is now an e-book!
Fire and Rain is now available for your Kindle through Amazon or your Nook through Barnes and Noble, as well as in any other e-reading format through Smashwords.com (though it’s probably not yet in the Apple Bookstore. That takes a little longer). As you can see, I nixed all the cover ideas I’d been considering in favor…
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