To preface this, let me say that when I set out to write SINNERS AND SAINTS, I knew that my heroine was going to be a classic fish out of water. A certified forensic nurse who worked in St. Louis, she has to wade through the good old boy network of New Orleans politics and… Read More

I swear I was going to be posting sooner than this. But you see, an ice storm hit last week, and I was without power or access to my internet for five days. FIVE DAYS. Did I tell you I’m a lousy refugee? I spent all that time rotating through siblings and trying to keep… Read More

So there I was about to go on the offensive about promoting my SINNERS AND SAINTS, which should appear in paperback any minute now, when Thanksgiving happened. Now you have to understand that Thanksgiving isn’t just a holiday in my house. It’s a sporting event. Because my lovely husband’s grandmother was a collector of note–the… Read More

It amazes me sometimes how the rest of the world can be so organized. I just looked up from the Silhouette Nocturne book I’ve been writing as Kathleen to discover that it’s November, and darned if I don’t have a November book coming out(as Eileen). And not just any book; my beloved SINNERS AND SAINTS…. Read More

I’m afraid I’m always a day late and a dollar short on industry news. But I just caught wind(and a pretty foul one) of the crap that was posted on the blog of an anonymous hack who calls herself Ms. Snark about Anne Stuart. I say hack, because even her writing is insignificant. If you… Read More

Did I tell you I’m from St. Louis? Did I happen to mention I’m a Cardinals fan? Well, my son has told me he can never put me in a nursing home, now. I took him to a World Series game. And if I can finally figure out how to post pictures, I’ll put up… Read More

This is a political post that isn’t. I just had to comment on the election. Not who won. That’s almost incidental. The fact that so many people came out to vote. Now, you have to understand I’m an child of the 60’s, when we were all involved. When the vote was the most important thing… Read More

Okay, I just had to say this. I just saw where yet another author put on hisher blog the rules of writing. And I think of the years I struggled to consider myself an author, because I didn’t obey any of the rules that other people–who knew they were right–laid down. Oh, I could write…. Read More

Back in 1991, when my daughter was eight and my son eleven, my family got to go to Ireland. Since it was my children’s first trip there, I wanted it to be special. I wanted to stay in special places. After much research(half the fun of travel for me), I stumbled across a castle in… Read More

I just looked at the date on my last post and said, “No, there must be some missing. I couldn’t possibly be quiet for this long.” Evidently, I could. I didn’t mean to be so quiet for so long. But, you know, life got in the way. I’m caught in what is affectionately referred to… Read More