It’s been a little while, hasn’t it? In fact, it’s been even longer than I meant it to be, because I just discovered that the post I’d queued for January 1 hadn’t posted and I’d never noticed. 🤦‍♀️ So if you haven’t seen that one yet, you can find it here! I don’t really have any major news to share,… Read More

Happy New Year! I just wanted to give you some small updates: Donation Updates As promised, 100% of the proceeds from sales of Old Flames through the end of 2020 were donated to helping victims of the Santiam Fire, as well as to a fire prevention and awareness organization. If you are interested in where the donations went went, here’s… Read More

Today is the release day for Old Flames. But it’s very hard for me to celebrate right now. Oregon is on fire. This last week has seen the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in my state’s history. One week ago today, on September 8, I woke up at 8:30 and thought the sun hadn’t risen yet. It was dark as night,… Read More

I seem to have forgotten to do this for Alexandra’s Riddle, but I wanted to share some trivia about Old Flames with you all, the way I did for Arriving from Arkansas. Enjoy! Foreston, Washington I mention this in the author’s note for the book, but unlike Alexandra’s Riddle and the next book, Fool’s Gold, which are both set in real… Read More

Good news! Despite my downer blog post earlier this month, I finally broke through my writers block and have completed Old Flames! It is now with my editor and is available for preorder now! Thank you all so much for your patience while I worked on this book. The other exciting bit of news is that the audiobook of Alexandra’s… Read More

I can’t believe it’s already July. Old Flames was due out months ago, and the fact that it’s sitting there on my computer with no words written since mid-May is very distressing to me. The truth is, 2020 has just proven to be too much for me. During the first couple months of the pandemic, I felt like I was… Read More