I lived in Wash­ing­ton, D.C., for sev­eral years, and peo­ple there were always ask­ing me where my accent was from. “Ten­nessee,” I would say, not point­ing out that they were the ones with the accents. In Paris, I taught aural … Con­tinue read­ing →

Got word this morn­ing that Fortune’s Fool won the Reader’s Choice Award for best sin­gle title cover in the JABBIC Awards. I’m thrilled that the gifted designer, April Mar­tinez, gets this recog­ni­tion for her won­der­ful work. Wahoo! And, of course, I can’t … Con­tinue read­ing →

Y’all, today I’m with the Moody Muses, talk­ing about revi­sions and how  to turn your rough draft into a pol­ished man­u­script. It’s basi­cally NaNo now what? I hope you’ll come say hey. http://tinyurl.com/7k3j57n

Today, my Golden Heart-nominated his­tor­i­cal mys­tery, Fortune’s Fool, goes out into the world to make its way. Isn’t the cover fab­u­lous? Nell Marc­hand has never worked a day in her life. When her phi­lan­der­ing skunk of a hus­band sud­denly drops dead, … Con­tinue read­ing →