Have you ever started something - a project, an exercise routine, cleaning the house, work, making dinner - but 'things' keep getting in...

Selecting a book title can be easy, or extremely difficult. You may think you have a great name...but will it generate sales? There are...

Have you ever been tweeting or instagramming and you want to add some hashtags but don't know what's out there? Well, for authors,...

I've always been a firm believer that vacations are needed. We work hard day in and day out, at home and at our workplace. Weekends are...

I've had breast cancer twice now - Invasive Lobular Carcinoma, stage 2A, in 2012, and Ductal Carcinoma In Situ, stage 0, in 2021. I had a...

Well, I've been terribly remiss writing in my blog...I am committed to doing better. Have you ever looked back on your day, week, or year...

Happy New Year everyone! Whew! 2021 ended quickly and 2022 has started off with a bang! I hope your holidays were healthy and spent...

Have you ever done anything embarrassing in your professional career? I most certainly have during my IT career. But I want to talk...

Have things ever happened in your life that just fell into place, like it was meant to be? Do you believe in karma/manifestation/fate,...

Well, after 9 years cancer-free, I was diagnosed with breast cancer again in July. For round two, this will be the only post about it. ...

In the last blog, we learned about Amazon Categories and the importance of selecting the correct categories for your book. When you first...

It's been a fun couple of months getting out and about, meeting new people, and talking about #HuntedLives and the darker side of social...

Amazon has over 16,000 categories! Categories, like Thrillers & Suspense or Crime, define what kind of book you are selling. When you...

#HuntedLives was my debut novel. When I decided to self-publish, I was overwhelmed with how much there was to learn. I'm STILL learning!...

Meet Cy-Mon (the seal-point) and Zena (the snowshoe), two Siamese kittens we just adopted! They are 6 months and 7 months old,...

I saw this picture while we were driving through Johnson City in search of bluebonnets and it gave me pause. The bulldozer operator has...

We recently went into San Antonio to watch our younger grandsons play ball. Quentin, age 10, is playing full-on baseball now. What I...

Cascarones are hollowed-out chicken eggs filled with confetti. I was first introduced to cascarones when I married my husband and we...

Last August, Jose and I went to an amazing dude ranch to ride horses. Our stay there was so amazing. It's a family-run ranch and you...

Yesterday, I had the honor and pleasure of talking with the lovely ladies of the San Diego (Texas) Book Club after they read my book,...