As you’ve probably figured out by now, most of my stories are set in North Carolina – mostly in a teeny little rural county called Chowan. It’s a real place. I swear. I grew up there (but not that much. I’m 5’2″.). Everything in my backlist is set there. In my contracted/yet-to-be-released titles, the only Read more of this post »
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Want some candy? (Contest ended)
Thanks for hopping, folks! The winners, chosen by Random.org’s True Random Number Service are Melissa C and Jan D. Yayyyyy! I’ll email you both your copy of Mrs. Roth. *** Ew. That didn’t sound right. There’s a reason I don’t write marketing copy for a living. I do write the occasional kinky romp, sometimes, so Read more of this post »
Romping in a Crimson Wonderland (Giveaway ended)
We’ve got winnas! The grand prize winner of a $100 gift certificate is Marianne Theresa for commenting on Heather Thurmeier‘s post. $50 each to Shannon Grider with R.T. Wolfe and April Holgate with Nikkie Locke! The random winner of a copy of My Nora was Beckey. Beckey – keep an eye peeled on your email Read more of this post »
It’s a HOWLOWEEN blog hop! [contest closed - winner selected]
Commenter Vanessa N. is the winner of the ARe gift bucks! Please check your email (or spam box) for information from ARe about claiming your prize. *** Hey, this is fun, huh? It’s like a virtual “trick or treat” excursion, but the prizes won’t give you cavities (probably). What’s in my treat bucket? A $10 Read more of this post »
Second to none! [contest ended]
Edited: congratulations to lucky commenter number 10! Random.org likes you! Gift coming your way. *** I love stories with big-ass casts. (Somewhere there’s an editor rubbing her wrist from all the unnecessary named characters she had to punt from my story.) Secondary characters are where most of my comic relief comes into play. Even when Read more of this post »
Winner winner, BBQ dinner!
And the winner of the Shameless Summer giveaway is… Commenter number six, Mary! Check your email, lady.
I see a pattern here.
Yesterday I went to establish my medical care at a women’s health practice in Boulder and got measured for the first time in God-knows-how-long. “Sixty and a half,” the nurse said, scribbling my stats on her pad like it was no big deal. I bent over to put my sandals back on and was like, Read more of this post »




