Writing can be a labor of love. Some days, the words come more easily than others. Working through the structure to ensure everything flows well can be tough. However, for me, the...
Look online and you'll find Louise Cypress everywhere, but hunt for her birth certificate and you'll never find it. Louise Cypress is the pen name for Jennifer Bardsley, a romance author from the...
Publication Date: June 8, 2021
Have you ever come face to face with the devil? In a tapestry of sports, business, and dating, there is an evil presence that is not quite visible...
What did I do with my best-ever book review?
Of course, I cut-and-pasted its pithiest phrase—"AN AGATHA CHRISTIE FOR THE TEXT-MESSAGE AGE,” to use on my book jackets, blurbs, blogs, ads, social media...
There is an old adage: Write what you know.
I’ve never agreed with that. Frankly, what most of us know (and thus what we do in our lives) isn’t very interesting. I know...
Publication Date: October 30, 2019
Have you ever said to someone, "I'm not a mind reader?" Or, have you ever been told, "You know I can't read your mind?" It's Not About Me...
One of the aspects of being an author who writes on spec is that it plays to one of my weaknesses, perhaps to my greatest weakness—self-discipline. I can set writing goals, and...
Three Springs, TX: Book 1
Publication Date: August 24, 2021
New town…
New set of problems
Suddenly single—and pregnant—Abby James hopes Three Springs, Texas, will give her the fresh start she craves. But five minutes...
For many of us, September marks the beginning of autumn. Actually, the 22nd is the official first day of fall. This is a month of change, a time to welcome a new...
As a writer, I forget that my characters are not real. I grieve their losses and I champion their successes, but I don't know where they come from. They just show up...
Well, I’d never written anything but historical before and so part of the reason I wrote this book was to try something new AND who doesn’t love a good mystery?
When I set...
Ah, flash fiction, it's a beautiful thing. Don't believe me? Try telling a story in just six words and include character, setting, plot, conflict, and theme. Impossible, you say? Hemingway did it...