Romance Novels, Eyebrows… and why if someone sniggers at me one more time, I might slap them
I’m sitting at a bar in the lobby of the hotel hosting the business conference that I’m at and these two men turn and ask, “What do you do?” Now sometimes I like to pause here… … not really for dramatic effect but because I get mixed reactions from a lot of guys when I […]
Life’s Too Short to have Boring Hair
“Are you sure? Like, sure?” The girl behind me asks, giving me a look filled with questions and uncertainty. Not a good sign when that same person is holding a very sharp instrument right next to your head. “Yep. Let’s do it.” She tentatively moves toward me, then takes a step back. “Wait. Maybe we […]
When Dreams Die… or do they?
Last spring was a gardening disaster for me. Read: epic failure with a side of WTF? I had started with the best of intentions, so very excited to have a tiny plot of dirt for the first time in years just outside my apartment’s patio door. My mom and both my grandmothers were gardeners. Some […]
Texas Men Love Romance Novels
“…then after my wife read Fifty Shades, she attacked me when I walked in the house. That book led to one of the best nights of my life. The next day, I went out and bought her the rest of the series.” The man sitting across from me, telling me this story, is retired military, […]
Rottweilers, Force Fields, and other crap that’s holding us back in life.
Not only was my whole body shaking, but so was my voice. I tried to hold the microphone with two hands so it wouldn’t wobble. That didn’t work. And all these eyes were staring at me… waiting for me to say something. I had raised my hand, after all, knowing that I wanted to stand […]
Lustful Learning: Hot Professors and the students who want them
—– I’ve got a secret to share that you may or may not know… College students and professors sleep together ALL THE TIME. My first full-length novel, The Art of Hanky Panky, is about one-such-girl who gets involved in a very intense love affair with her art professor. It could be called a lust-affair. There […]
My uncensored opinion of the new Fifty Shades movie…
Sometimes I wonder if I’m a fruit loop floating in a world of cheerios. I just saw Fifty Shades Darker and [*gasp] enjoyed myself the entire time. The stretcher-bar scene in particular was shiver-inducing. I would watch it again just for that. (Wait, that’s a lie… there are so many other reasons I’d watch it again. […]
Writing a book sucks.
Most of the time, writing a book sucks. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy. …okay, maybe on that one girl in 4th grade who tripped me and got mud all over my brand-new Lisa Frank trapper keeper… She can go ahead and try to write a book […]
“There were balls everywhere…”
— A Day in the Life of a Romance Writer. I was on my way to meet some fellow romance writers for a “work-date” (we were going to a bar to drink bourbon) when I saw dozens of red blinking taillights up ahead. “Great,” I thought. “There’s an accident, and now I’m going to be late for this crucial […]
One Word Mantra for New Year Resolutions
Everyone knows that resolutions are kind of a joke. Like when we get up in the morning and tell ourselves, “Today I’ll _______” (exercise for two hours, eat only vegetables, organize the closet, donate a kidney). It’s a promise filled with good intentions… that we never seem to stick with. Despite all the phony-baloney we […]