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Craving My Roommate is here!
Dropping in to share that the Craving My Roommate limited edition anthology is here! Read all about it (and why it has a special place in my heart) in my newsletter.
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Cover Reveal: Winter Wishes and Holiday Kisses
I’m so excited to be a part of this anthology! My contribution, The One That I Love, has a special place in my heart. I wrote the very first draft of it way back before the pandemic. I had three goals at that time: write a complete short story, practice writing super sexy, “open door”…
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Ch-Ch-Changes
The original post appeared on the Rockville 8 blog in 2011. I’ve lightly edited the text. Every year I fortunate to celebrate my birthday with a handful of folks who share the same happy date. Often we exchange small gifts. About ten years ago, a former coworker made cell phone bling and each had a…
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V is for Verb – a Love Letter in Two Part
A version of this post first appeared on the Rockville 8 blog in 2010. Part One – V In high school a friend of mine pointed out that the very best, most dazzling words – words filled with vim, vigor, vinegar, and vitality – begin with the letter V. I quickly realized the truth of…
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The Creativity Well Revisited: Moving Eve, a Love Story in Brief
This post was first published on the Rockville 8 blog in 2010. Made me cry when I re-read the story I wrote about my grandparents. What a gift to rediscover it! A few months ago I blogged about my creativity well, the old farmhouse and grounds my grandparents inhabited for over forty years. I returned…
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My Eyes Are Up Here
Just before the Christmas of 2014, my beloved diesel VW Jetta threw a series of high maintenance jerk face tantrums and we finally, heartbreakingly, decided to see other people. Sniff. In good Romancelandia heroine fashion, I mourned. Deeply. La Jetta’s betrayal of our 11 years together stung, wounding me to the quick. But, again, when you…