I was out to lunch with my husband today when I noticed two older couples sitting at the tables around us. One couple was sitting next to each other and the other was sitting across from each other.  Because I have romance on the brain, it made me think: which seating arrangement is more romantic? Is it better to sit next to each other, or is being across from each other and being able to look into each other’s eyes better? I couldn’t decide so I asked my husband. He said sitting next to each … [Read more...]

Music has always played an important role in my life, so it's not coincidental that I made it relevant in my first novel, Stay. When writing a novel, especially one in the first person, it’s so important to get into your character’s head and “feel” what they are feeling. Music helped me do that. When I wrote about how afraid Alexa was to fall in love with Julian and why, the words from “Again” by Needtobreathe guided my writing. I in turn let her use the words to explain to Julian how she was … [Read more...]

How many times in your life have you wondered if the timing of something changed the outcome? Personally, I feel that timing is everything and also something that we really have little control over in the general sense. Sometimes we have good timing, sometimes we have bad timing. I’ve had my share of both. As far as writing my first novel goes, the timing was finally just right. I was at a place in my life where I had the opportunity and support to follow a dream. Now it was up to me to find … [Read more...]