For most of my career, I’ve let characters drive my plot. Some of my early work helped me work out some issues I was dealing with. For example, when I wrote California Sunset, I was dealing with a job layoff from a large corporation and an alcohol-fueled marriage. Elizabeth, my … Read More

You know the moment. The controlled fury as you long to tell your nemesis exactly what you think of her. But there are a dozen of your co-workers or friends standing around you, so you simply say, “Thank you.” You may be a skilled politician, so only the two of … Read More

My romance characters evolve from who I am, where I came from, and the people I’ve experienced in my life. In a box somewhere, there is a small black and white picture of some relatives on my father’s side of my family from the 1900s (not the picture to the … Read More