Sometimes you simply need to escape. Kyna knows this. The world can be a bit crazy at times, even if its your own personal world. The milk is sour, the bills total more than the income, and the much-needed rain falls from the sky, beating your just-bloomed tulips into the … Read More

Kyna was born in an ordinary time to normal dysfunctional parents. From her father she learned to never let anyone too close lest they see your imperfections. From her mother she learned to bear unbearable cruelty in silence. When she was older, she married imperfect men, while trying to hide … Read More

Fiction can be plodding and dull without tension, and that is provided by conflict. In my current WIP, the two main characters come from different worlds, have different belief systems, and different goals. Yet they are attracted to each other and like each other as people. This often occurs in … Read More

When I arrived on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in northwest Montana to teach junior high in the fall of 1976, I had no idea what I was getting into. Nor did I understand how the next three years would impact my life and perspective. I did learn a lot about … Read More

Our travel trailer journeys have now led us to New Mexico. I haven’t spent much time in the state. My memories are of spending a half day in Albuquerque waiting for repairs on my 1970-something golden yellow Datsun pickup, circling the plaza in Santa Fe, and a tour of Carlsbad … Read More

Monday I began book 6 of the Rocky Mountain Front series. So far there is no title. Maybe I should run a contest … hmmm. Anyway, my inspiration for the opening was an agile woman I saw climbing what to me looked like the sheer face of a cliff. I … Read More

The relationship between mothers and daughters has its ups and downs as any woman will tell you. Throughout their relationship, they may be close, drifting apart, coming back together, or at complete odds. The five contemporary romance stories that make up my California Romance Series are, at their heart, stories … Read More

Wind drove women in the sod houses on the plains mad. Even mad enough to take their own lives. “OOOOk-lahoma, where the wind comes sweepin’ down the plain,” per Oscar Hammerstein II. Pilots learn to take off in the wind in Great Falls, MT, the windiest city in America according … Read More

There is a certain irony in the title of my forthcoming book: Crossroads: A Path Home. Like many, I watched in horror as our Capital Building, the seat of legislature (somewhat dysfunctional legislature lately, it is true), be infiltrated by a mob. It broke my heart. When I was in … Read More

While I wish I could plan for world peace, an end to hunger, and constructive plans for the many other things that need doing, all I can do is write a book. Hopefully, it is one you will love which will also satisfy you. What’s Ahead Because I spent decades … Read More