Here Comes the Sun!

January 18 — I took a chance. I took a leap. I stepped off the metaphorical cliff and . . . Let me start a little earlier. Two years ago I was searching for new writing partners and joined a critique group for women’s fiction writers. Joanne lives outside of Cleveland, Ohio. Pam lives near Sarasota, Florida. For over two …

The Chemistry of Love

Book Review: The Chemistry of Love by Sariah Wilson (many stars) You always know a romance will have a HEA. That’s part of the formula. But the getting there is the important journey. And in the hands of Sariah Wilson, the getting there is so much fun. 😊 Anna Ellis is a cosmetic chemist who’s in love with her boss, …

What Are You Choosing?

Spring is busting out all over! We’re very fortunate here in the South to experience the beginnings of spring even before the actual day spring arrives. Daffodils bloom in February and cherry trees spread their gorgeous pink flowers. And the pear trees start budding and creating snowfalls of white. The tit in the photo (above) is so bright and cheery with …

Book Review

Book Review: With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo (sooooo good!) Take a 17-year-old high school senior who’s half Black and half Puerto Rican and a brilliant natural cook, add in an absent father, a protective grandmother, the normal demands of high school, and a job, then throw in a 3-year-old daughter and divided custody with an ex-boyfriend, and …

The Best Book of 2021

There are good books, great books, even exceptional books. Recently, I read a book that needs a new category. I haven’t yet determined what to call that—a star in the heavens, an eternal light, a bridge to forever. I’m waxing poetic because this book touched me in ways that most books don’t. This one made me think and question and …

The Truth about Titles

Titles have always been easy. For MY books, that is. When I start a story, the title comes to me about the same time as the idea, before I’ve written a single word. And because I have the title when I start out, a) I don’t have to worry about it, and b) it lends its own energy to the …