My First Box Set!

I’m excited to soon be publishing the first three books of my Thin Places series as a box set.  It will be available as an e-book download exclusively through Amazon.  The $6.99 price will save readers who purchase the set almost $2.00 were they to buy each individual title.

Currently, I’m in the formatting stage.  Recently, a fellow Indie-author and publisher turned me on to a new Apple app geared toward formatting from a document file.  I like what Vellum does so much that I am busy learning how it works.  Hopefully, the Udemy course I found will help on that front, too.

Once formatted, my launch team will have a first-look.  We’ll then publish two weeks later.

We just wrapped up a two-day promotion of Thin Places: Santa Fe.  I’m WOWed by all the hundreds of new readers who downloaded it.  THANK YOU!  I hope you thoroughly enjoy meeting Buck and Liz… the story, too.  And, by the way, WELCOME to my website.

Now it’s back to pushing through writing of Thin Places: Dallas.  Honestly, it’s taking longer than I planned.  Life happens.  I choose to make the best of it and not conjure up a bunch of excuses.  It is what it is.  I’m reminded of a song my Mom used to sing at challenging times:  Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries.

(My Mother)

Hmmm?  I’m dedicating this novel in her memory.  I wonder if there’s a connection?

One of the joys in writing this current tale has been bringing in my daughters and their husbands to collaborate.  When it was time to flesh out Liz’s best friend, Anna, and her husband Britt St. Claire, I decided to seek their input.  The two people are essentially the creation of Katherine & Mark and Margarett & Kris.  Anna and Britt will be making regular appearances, along with the other cast of characters, in future books in the series.

Over on Facebook and Twitter, I post more regularly.  Writing, however, is my top priority!  You can click the links to the right if that’s part of your gig.  Please know how thankful I am for YOU, my readers.

I rang out 2016 with boundless JOY!  Mind you, I do come alive when my head is in the story and I’m in full write mode.  Those closest to me can attest to the truth of those words, for sure.  That dims though, when compared to holding my first grandson, now six months, for the very first time.  Needless to say, everything author/novelist was pushed aside for the two weeks this over-the-top adorable lad joined us in Dallas — along with his parents, of course.  😉

Already, the New Year seems to be propelling forward at ever-increasing speed.  The rewrite of Thin Places: Santa Fe, my first novel, has been published.  And I am back to completing the first writing of Thin Places: Dallas.  Then it’s to the back-and-forth editing process.  Fortunately, I have awesome editors who respect the tales I conjure and possess a strong desire to make them pop… make them better.

Beginning in 2017, my titles are published exclusively with Amazon.com.  Apologies to those who purchased my books at and prefer other mediums.  For now, Amazon works best for me.  Also, the first book in my Thin Places series, Thin Places: Santa Fe,  is no longer free.  I am, however, offering it at a significant discount with hopes of motivating readers not yet familiar with my work to check it out… see if it’s for them.

And, YES, I’m already toying with ideas about the next book in the series.  I’m hoping to be a bit more prolific and timely in publishing this year!  All of this said, THANK YOU for stopping by here.  I am so, so grateful when YOU find some delight and enjoyment in my stories.

Cheers to YOU in this New Year!  May 2017 be YOUR best year yet…

Thank you for dropping by and checking out my website.  One of my writing mentors, a best-selling author, drilled into my head that to be a successful novelist, my mantra had to be:

• Butt in Chair
• Head in the Story
• Putting Words on the Page

In fact, were you to call me, you would probably get my voicemail which says you didn’t reach me because I’m likely doing exactly those three things.  Writers must write!

That does not mean, however, I don’t make time to communicate with my readers.  I do!  The best way to keep abreast regarding what I’m up to is to subscribe to my VIP Newsletter.  If you do, expect an email every other week with behind the scenes information about my stories and me.  You will also be among the first to hear about new releases.  But that’s not all.  Celtic Oak is a short story prequel to my Thin Places romantic suspense… with a touch of fantasy book series.  It is available as a free download exclusively to my subscribers.  You read that correctly.  It is not published in the public domain.  It is not available for purchase anywhere.  Once confirmed, subscribers receive an email with the download link.

I’m also somewhat active on Facebook and Twitter.  I welcome you to follow me if either of  those are your thing.  You’ll find those buttons on the right.

Now, back to writing…