Dear Friends:

Summer is here–big time!

I hope you’re able to have a little fun in the sun–don’t forget that sunscreen (Rufus, my hero in UNTIL HE MET RACHEL, had a life-altering brush with melanoma).

My summer is zooming past–a blur of swimming, pool cleaning (me–not some hunky pool boy, alas), grandkids, reading and, of course, writing. In addition to my current fiction WIP (work in progress)–working title “Blame It On The Cat”–I’m also helping a family friend who suffered a stroke and isn’t able to type as fast and fluidly as he’d like to whip his memoirs into shape. I’m really enjoying this foray into non-fiction. It gets all those dormant journalist juices flowing. Here’s a link to one interesting moment in history that my friend was privy to: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=659818n

I’m also polishing another short story that I plan to epublish later this summer. It’s called “Sparrowhawk.” Yes, another bird story. What’s up with that? I wish I knew. In case you missed ‘em, my first two short stories up–and selling–on Amazon and Smashwords.ONE HUNDRED YEARS or MORE and GATOR were both stories I wrote before I sold to Harlequin.

My friend Sheri Humphreys recently introduced me to http://www.goodreads.com/. If you’re a reader looking for new books and authors to follow, check it out. People seem to be very honest in their reviews. If you find a few friends whose opinions you trust–like Sheri, you’ll soon have a very long list of TBR titles.

Please remember to check out the awesome Superromance Authors’ blog! Once a month, we’re going to do something called Snippets. These are fabulous short intoductions to some great stories–you’ll want to read more. Scroll down to my post if you want to read a snippet from “Blame It On the Cat.” Plus, you can win a prize just for commenting. !

Also, I’d like to mention Harlequin’s new Treasury line, which released over a hundred titles on July 15. These are backlist titles from all the Harlequin lines. They haven’t reached my older books, which were first published in 2000, but there are some fabulous stories available from all your favorite authors–treasures you previously could only find at a Used Bookstore. Enjoy!