I’ll be going to lunch with author Z.A. Maxfield this weekend so I thought I’d post a little story I wrote after I went to lunch at a new sandwich place one workday. This is written in 3rd omni in order to give you the nuances in the  best way, so don’t shoot me over [...]

When you’ve been on the internet since 1994, you learn a few things. One of those things is how to protect yourself. Protecting yourself can mean many things on the internet but mostly, I mean protect your personal information. There are bits of personal info I don’t care so much about. There are bits I [...]

Yes. I mean what I say there. Go ahead. Ban me. It probably won’t happen because I don’t use Yahoo mail. Apparently, people with Yahoo mail have had their email addresses “spoofed” by spammers. This is not an uncommon thing in this day and age. It happens a lot to people who a) put their [...]

At Sunlight Sucks I talked about how sometimes the best Christmases are the ones in your heart. Since my focus here is always writing, I tried to figure out how to tie that theme to my work. Not hard to do since it’s Christmas Eve and I’m slaving away on a free book for fans [...]

Tell me authors, do you pretend to be something other than who you really are when you’re talking to fans and other authors online? I’m not talking about pen names. I’m talking about the essentials. Do you tell people you’re in your twenties when you have grandkids? Do you act like you’re a sexual warrior [...]

What do you do when someone loves you so much that they feel the need to share you with everyone? By share I mean give away. If you’re kinda stumped by what I’m saying, you’ll understand in a minute. Someone is a big fan of Lex Valentine. This person loves Lex so much that they [...]

There are lessons to be learned from any mistake. If you can learn them from the mistakes of others without suffering emotionally and financially yourself, that is a plus for you. I doubt those who are suffering from these mistakes would begrudge you learning from their pain. How eager are you to be published? Do [...]

Sometimes, not just in this industry, but everywhere, what you know is because of who you know. I learned a lot about reading contracts and understanding trademarks when we worked with a team of trademark attorneys in West Los Angeles on domains and branding and trademarks for a company. The jargon isn’t hard to get [...]

Traveling the Yahoo loops that all authors need to travel these days in order to promo their work has become a challenge for me. Before I get into the reasons for that, let me backtrack to some workshops given on the Noble Romance group over the past few weeks. Noble is the publisher for my [...]

This isn’t just a post about inspiration. First I have some news. The Wise Guy is done and has gone to my editor! YAY! Also, I’ve taken a job as a Submissions Editor for a publisher. And… I have covers for Shifting Winds and Hot Water.  I’m not going to post the covers yet because [...]

It’s the time of year when everyone expects you to spend your hard earned dollars. Well, I am here to tell you that you don’t have to do that. I am going to give you something! Several somethings, in fact. First of all, let me give you an update on my books. I just got [...]

Hot Water really consumed me, and I blocked out the world to finish it. Now, that it’s been subbed and a contract offered for it, I’m back to talk about lots of stuff that’s been going on. First up, I didn’t get a chance to mention this last week but Silver Lining has been contracted [...]

I saw something today that irked me. Before I get into what it was, and why it irked me, let me preface this by saying that the person who posted the remark is not someone I dislike. Nor is my little tirade meant to bash anyone or denigrate or belittle them. What this is, pure [...]