It's Too Yummy Tuesday! On select Tuesdays I share delicious recipes either inspired by my books or that are just plain delicious! My crockpot sees a lot of use this time of year, for everything from breakfast to dessert. Where it can really shine, however, is in the no-fuss-roast department, and pulled pork is one...

Kickoff for NaNoWriMo is November 1. As part of my prep, I went back through some old notes and blog posts for last-minute planning advice, and I ran across this blog post from 2013 that I thought was worth sharing again now. The NaNoWriMo Plotting You Haven't Done Yet (Reprinted from 2013) Whether you’re staring...

~~Warning: Adult content~~ On Sundays, I share tidbits of my works in progress as part of Weekend Warrior’s 8-Sentence Sunday.   I'm still working on my fantasy, Bound to Her Master. Last time, Lord Stepanyan busied himself assessing the body paint on his slave, Ti-Hana, rather than tell her she's...

It's Too Yummy Tuesday! On select Tuesdays I share delicious recipes either inspired by my books or that are just plain delicious! I have had a love-love-can't-have relationship with coffee for as long as I can remember. I do have to limit how much caffeine I take in, but the flavor of coffee and the little happy boost...

November is just around the bend, and I can feel my excitement growing. Did you know that November is National Novel Writing Month? In fact, there is an official NaNoWriMo challenge. Write a novel (or 50,000 words of one) between November 1 and 30 to win the challenge.  Basically, it's like early Christmas for...

It's Too Yummy Tuesday! On select Tuesdays I share delicious recipes either inspired by my books or that are just plain delicious! Anyone who knows me is aware of my affinity for pumpkin. When fall rolls around, the craving kicks in, and I must have pumpkin in All The Things. Last weekend, I made my pumpkin chili...

Part of a series of Weird Writing Tips that have helped me craft that wacky thing we call "fiction". Characters Trading Places You've seen movies, shows, or scenes  where the main characters have to pretend to be someone else (or who actually wind up in someone else's body, for whatever reason). "Face Off"...

~~Warning: Adult content~~ On Sundays, I share tidbits of my works in progress as part of Weekend Warrior’s 8-Sentence Sunday.   I'm still working on Bound to Her Master. When last we left off, Lord Stepanyan had silenced the crowd that was calling out for his slave, Ti-Hana, and was contemplating...

It's Too Yummy Tuesday! On select Tuesdays I share delicious recipes either inspired by my books or that are just plain delicious! I've messed around with some brownie recipes off and on the past few months, and I think I've come up with the ultimate decadent treat.  Better yet, it starts with boxed mix as the...

The fourth in a series of Weird Writing Tips that have helped me craft that wacky thing we call "fiction". Write in Your Sleep This is a tip I learned very early on in my career, and, I might add, completely by accident. When I was new to fiction, I would do creative writing exercises on the fly to hone my...

~~Warning: Adult content~~ On Sundays, I share tidbits of my works in progress as part of Weekend Warrior’s 8-Sentence Sunday.   I'd been posting snippets from my Yule story the past couple of weeks, but I finished it. Now we're back to my bondage fantasy, Bound to Her Master. When last we...