This Christmas I was--for me--ahead of schedule. I sent out the cards, I bought the gifts and wrapped them. Then my editor sent Daddy Wanted...

Here it is! The cover for Daddy Wanted. I love it. It's perfect. Really. The heroine lives in Brooklyn--a place I've gotten to kn...

This is my first grade class from 1973. Over the years, I taught in both public and private schools, but I always felt safe and secure on th...

I am bogged down with the preliminary edits of Daddy Wanted and working away until I am bleary eyed every night. I don't mind. I want...

I have an ancient version of Photoshop. Mostly, I use it to fix red eyes in photographs--but there is a lot more the program can do. I wante...

I received another rejection yesterday for The Pirate's Wraith. It was a very sweet, very well-written rejection, but the basic message...

I ordered this Sterno stove yesterday. It is a Christmas present for Dad. He's been requesting one ever since the power went out after S...

I want to wish everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving. I'll be hosting dinner for a dozen--so I still have a lot to do in the next few days. ...

I type much faster than I can write in longhand. For our extended power outage I wrote using my old Alphasmart Neo with a Mighty Bright book...

When Superstorm Sandy roared into New Jersey, she took out one quarter of the cell towers in the area. As the storm moved away on Tuesday mo...

I was overjoyed to see utility trucks on my street on Tuesday night. After eight days without power, those trucks brought hope with them. I...

I am filling out the cover art form for Daddy Wanted. I know what my heroine looks like and I know what my hero looks like. I have cover i...

This article was originally written for an online workshop, but with Halloween coming up I thought it would be fun to share with everyone. ...

I never allowed our daughters to go out on Mischief Night. Aside from the fact that I don't believe allowing children to commit acts of ...

The New Jersey Romance Writers Conference is over. It was fantastic--as it usually is. Authors and writers from all over the country come to...

You can see many other authors, too. You can buy their books and ask them to autograph them for you. Books are wonderful gifts. Do your Chri...

The New Jersey Romance Writers' Put Your Heart in a Book Conference is coming up. I spent yesterday afternoon wrapping up candy bars i...

This sad-looking, beat-up songbook has been with me for a long time. I bought it while I was in college. It was a great extravagance at the ...

Last October, an unusual early snowstorm crippled part of the nation. The photo above shows my northern sister with an old-fashioned two-han...

I made the newspaper on the day I was born. My father, a reporter for the Jersey Journal, was covering a very important press conference wit...