I been thinking a lot about depression these days. Partly because the sad ends of because of the sad ends of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain shined a spotlight on the topic and partly because Leslie Kelly and I are giving a talk on Battling Writing Demons at RWA2018 in Denver. As a result, my […]
Read More →‘Tis a duty to write beautiful stories…..” For a long time, I had that quote pasted in a inspiration book that I kept on my desk. Sadly, I’ve since lost that notebook, and can no longer remember the rest of the quote or who said it. I think it was Margaret Brownley. No matter, the words, […]
Read More →Okay, so maybe not the dark side, but I am returning to Twitter after nearly a nine month absence. I left Twitter last fall because the politics and general toxicity of the platform became too much to handle. With very few exceptions, there are no shades of gray in the Twitterverse. Everything is black and […]
Read More →Dear Readers: I could use your feedback. I’ve got an important question at the bottom of the post. At my non-writing job, we’re expected to ask every customer for an email address because email marketing is the future, and because I like staying employed, I do so. Every once in a while, though, I […]
Read More →I have discovered the antidote to feeling inadequate, and it is the Bell Curve. For those of you lucky enough to never have to sit through Probabilities and Statistics, the bell curve is a visual representation of data where the line peaks in the middle and then slopes toward each end. Like a mountain. What […]
Read More →I’m sorry. When I published The Suburbs Have Secrets in September, my intention was to immediately write the sequel so that you all could read it this spring. My carefully laid plans had me fast drafting the book during October and November – right before I broke to work on my next contracted Harlequin Romance I […]
Read More →(Sunday night, 8:42 PM) Revisions are due for THEIR CHRISTMAS MIRACLE at 9AM. Coincidentally I have to work at the book store at 9AM. That means I’m a tad insane, and insane Barb would mean a more emotional Monday Musing than usual. Fortunately my pal Penny Watson wrote one today that is excellent, and she […]
Read More →Today’s First Chapter is from A Millionaire for Cinderella, Book 1 of my In Love With the Boss series. It’s the story of Patience Rush, who’s job as a maid was obtained with a lie. Just what is Patience hiding? And why? CHAPTER 1 HOW LONG DID it take to examine one little old lady? […]
Read More →I finally figured it out – the whole going fallow thing. It isn’t so much about burning the weeds and allowing a new plant to grow as it is allowing the existing plants — the ones who are being choked by the weeds — to flourish. This sounds a lot like a duh kind of […]
Read More →Hey Everybody – Donna Alward here. Barb’s on deadline, so I’ve taken over her blog. I’m happy to share the first chapter of A Cowboy to Come Home To. It’s one of my favorite stories. I hope you like it too. Friendship Melissa Stone has done a fine job of avoiding her former best friend […]
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