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For most of my life I was quite skeptical of love at first sight.  I was never a fan of the device in novels.  I don’t think I’ve written a book where the hero and heroine are struck with the love bug, although I have used love at first sight for secondary characters and back [...]


Time does fly, except when you’re eagerly awaiting something. Remember when you were a kid–for some of us this is greater stretch than for others–and everything seemed to be so far away? Your next birthday.  Christmas.  Summer vacation.  High school.  Graduation.  Being legal.  Being on your own.  All seemed to be so far out of [...]


There are certain artists who shine through.  No matter what they’re doing, there’s that certain something that  makes them recognizable to others who know them well. For instance, Stephen King wrote several books as Richard Bachman.  A lot of readers read the Bachman books and saw Steve shining through. I’ve read both Nora Roberts and [...]


My family has always been big on games.  Card games.  Board games.  Head games.  Packer games.  Brewers games.  Little league, basketball, pee wee football.  You get the drill.  Games, games, games.  Wheee. As a child, one of my favorite games was SORRY.  Maybe because my grandma would play this with me whenever I asked.  And [...]


Last week my blog was about the birth of a cover.  This week we will move on to how titles are created, or at least how they are sometimes created.  At least for me. When I begin a novel, I need a title.  Not sure why, but putting Book #56 on something just doesn’t excite [...]