Just look at this picture—- Yes! The playbill from Private Lives, now playing at the Vaudeville Theatre in London, brought as a gift to me from my friend Maggie who just saw the play – twice! – AND met Matthew! breathe, Maggie, breathe A gasping and shaking Maggie texted me...
I know that most of you live WAY too far away to attend this event, nevertheless I wanted to alert anyone who may be in the general vicinity of the Central Valley of California. The Tulare County Friends of the Library Association is hosting their annual Local Author Fair and...
About one month ago I was contacted by a lovely lady named Carol who lives in my hometown. She had seen the article about me in the Hanford Sentinel last August and decided to read Mr. and Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy: Two Shall Become One simply because she was intrigued by...
I am so excited to share my friend Micole with all of you! If you have been around The Darcy Saga for any length of time then you know I am very active with my local chapter of the Romance Writers of America. The Yosemite Romance Writers group is, in...
Here I am, at the Borders in Visalia, CA signing my books! It was terrific! My husband and I arrived just before noon to find a table set up beautifully right inside the front door. All my novels stacked in a gorgeous row on this nice red-cloth covered table. All...
The blog tour marches on with my first interview for this novel given by Sia McKye at her Thoughts Over Coffee blog. Sia kindly hosted me on her blog last March when Mr. and Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy was released. At that time I wrote an essay about learning to balance...
Weeks of planning and it is over in a whirlwind! Of course, the tree and decorations are still up and will be for another week – and I am still wading through the ream of photos taken, and there is left over ham in the frig. So it isn’t completely...
The Lathan family is busily meandering all over the holiday decorated Magic Kingdom and having the time of their lives. I will share a few specific highlights of the trip once we return and recuperate! But I had to share how delighted I was to be surprised by one of...
This blog was written for Gaby’s Starting Fresh website and was in response to her questioning what inspired me to write my Saga. Reposting this now, days before Thanksgiving, is especially apropos as I dwell upon what I am most thankful for in my life. Read, enjoy, and then share...
Today is my birthday, yes indeed! The final cap to my fun-filled weekend. After all the traveling and excitement I have decided to relax at home with the family, cook one of my favorite dinners, open the extravagant present my husband has bought, eat the cake baked by my daughter,...
My anticipated October events are over. Whew! I am exhausted but had an amazing time. I wish all of you could have been with me. I was very blessed to share my appearances with some great friends, and now I will share a bit of it with the rest of...
I am thinking all authors would agree that one of the high points in writing our stories is to type “The End” in bold print at the bottom of that final page. Maybe it is just me, but I always flash onto the scene in Romancing the Stone when Joan Wilder...
For several months now I have been eyeballing the extra room in our house to be an office for me. The history of this one room is convoluted and messy! Once upon a time it was my son’s bedroom painted navy blue with jungle animal wallpaper border. Then when my...
This is a sad time for me. Yesterday my beloved mom lost her battles with nearly twenty years of multiple illnesses. She fought tougher than anyone I have ever known. She remained positive and sunny until the very end, these past two months of extreme trauma the first time she...
I am SO excited about these next three days! My good friend Bridget is one of the gals who manages Desert Island Keepers. This website does review romance novels, but primarily they are known for their fun atmosphere with hot guys! Get it – Desert Island Keepers, as in those...
