ONE GRAPESTOMP AND TWO BOTTLES OF LIGHTCATCHER CHARDONNAY

Oh, I tell ya, having to do all this research for my new novel, set in a Texas vineyard, is just so tough.  But as they say, somebody’s gotta do it, and I volunteered me! So, I’m doing lots of things, getting hands-on experience in every way I can think of.  And I’ve...

4 WAYS TO EASE YOUR MIND

Sometimes stress gets the better of us (especially this time of year, with the holidays flying in fast!). We all at some point get anxious or sad or mad or any number of fear-based emotions. And then finding peace and happiness can be a trick for us all. Even the big...

THE JOY IS IN THE WRITING

Almost all writers do other gainful employment to put food on their tables. It’s just a fact of this business, along with most of the arts. The old statistic was that 3{6464318088dfd005ab448827a59cc6b2cc907b812a28fd79b32dfd5dcd883448} of published authors (meaning...

STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS

Okay, now, this really tweaked me. Researchers from Harvard Medical School and the University of California, San Diego, in a study with the British Medical Journal, found that if you’re happy, thank your friends and family network! The study showed that happiness...

NIGHT DREAMS AND MYTHS

Dreamtime figures into so much of my fiction. I just love dreams, don’t you? I love playing them back and figuring them out and seeing what they’re trying to tell me. I Just Came Here to Dance opens each chapter with a night dream of the main character, each building...