You can’t write what you don’t know. Sure, books and the internet are great ways to find out about your subject, but the best way to research your story is to live it. For the Lakeview Novels I tried to do just that. While researching Hush (the story of an unknown princess who is discovered by an undercover student journalist and hunted down by terrorists on the campus of her elite boarding school) I went to several rugby games – a...

For me, summer is the hardest time to write. I am constantly distracted. So recently I decided to pursue the “plot line” instead. What do think? What’s the hardest thing you’ll do this summer? Is it writing? Life’s short, follow the plot...

Since Silence was released last week, I thought I would share a few of the pictures I took on a trip I took two summers ago  that inspired the setting. – – – – – On the trip, our middle daughter and I traveled through France.  The scenery stole my breath and I knew that I had to set a story within the sleepy hill towns in which we traveled. From the cobbled lanes, to the brass knockers adorning brightly...

I love Pinterest. Of the online mediums, I find Pinterest the most engaging. Perhaps it is because I love visuals. Whole stories can blossom from one photograph. Often times I find images of what I want my characters to look like and I will see snippets of traits I have forgotten to include. On occasion I find locations that inspire new scenes. When I’m not writing I look at recipes, design ideas, and bucket list inspiring travel...