• Weekend Writing Warriors 8-Sentence Sunday

    It’s that time again! Time for another installment of 8-Sentence Sunday. This week, I’m continuing with the scene from Sex and the Widow Miles. Julie is finding her way in Chicago, making friends, volunteering at a battered women’s shelter, and also spending time with the handsome guy from across the hall, Will Brody. But she is still devoted her dead husband, which is creating quite a stumbling block for Will, who’s falling in love with her.  In this scene, they’re sharing supper and Julie’s amazed to find herself attracted to Will when she believed she’d belong to Charlie forever. Charlie was with me. I felt him near all the time.…

  • Weekend Writing Warriors 8-Sentence Sunday

    It’s that time again! Time for another 8-sentence snippet from one of my works in progress. I’ve given you several from Once More From the Top, so I’m switching back to Sex and the Widow Miles this week. Remember Jules and that sexy younger man? It’s been a couple of weeks since their kiss–the one that made Jules all hot and bothered and then cringe with embarrassment–she’s trying very hard to keep Will at arm’s length. He’s equally determined to get back into her good graces, however his technique is very subtle: I’d made it very clear that I couldn’t get involved with him, but he seemed content with simply…

  • Weekend Writing Warriors 8-Sentence Sunday

    Annnnddd…I’m back! Sorry for being away, but life in renovation is chaotic. I’m finally able to breathe again and my house is quite lovely.  Here are eight sentences from my current WIP, ONCE MORE FROM THE TOP, due for release later this summer. When we last left Maestro Liam Reilly, he had just discovered a photo on the bulletin board of the marina where he’d docked his boat for the summer—the face in the picture looked hauntingly familiar. Now he confronts Carrie about it and discovers that the teenager in the photo is indeed his own child, a boy he knew nothing about… “Where’s my son?” Liam demanded. “And don’t…