Welcome to my cyber conservatory, a glass-walled, tile-floored, plant-filled room overlooking the tiered gardens of my English country manor.OK, I really live in an ordinary house in Florida, but I can dream, can’t I?After all, that’s what romance writers do, so make yourself at home and join me as I discuss my life as a historical romance author, and life in general…
Here's a great recipe for Christmas Eve. Or Christmas Day. Or anytime Jack Frost is nipping at your nose. Guaranteed to keep you warm and toasty. We'll be sweating it out...
PRESENTS -- all bought and accounted for STOCKING STUFFERS -- waiting to be stuffed CHRISTMAS DINNER -- in the fridge and waiting to be cooked, which I'll do tomorrow. I don't...
For those of you who love sexy, paranormal, shape-shifting romance, here's a new book by Lori Devoti, just out today! Romantic Times Book Club gives this one 4 1/2 stars,...
Just a week and a day till Christmas! Am I ready? So NOT! I've been proofing two sets of galleys (typeset but still unbound version of a book) this week plus trying to...
Lisa's Florida Factoid: Chickee: Seminole word for house, traditionally an open-air cypress log frame with a raised wooden platform and a palmetto thatch roof....
I haven't fallen off the face of the earth. I just haven't been the good and faithful blogger I should be. This time of year -- September until after the New Year -- always...
Writing is writing, typing away at the computer to develop a story and characters, draw out emotions, explore human nature. Seems a simple enough concept, right? But...
I must be losing my mind. In my last entry, I blogged about getting ready to go to Moonlight and Magnolias in Georgia and how my friend and critique partner, Cindy Thomason, was...
Getting ready for the Moonlight & Magnolias conference, better known as M&M, hosted by the Georgia Romance Writers in Atlanta next week. I leave Thursday with friend and...
Over the weekend, I reread my absolute favorite book from when I was a kid -- A WRINKLE IN TIME. Sadly, the author, Madeleine L'Engle, passed away last week, which is what...
Sometimes good deeds are things we'd really rather not do, but we do them anyway because someone has to and it's the right thing to do. And in the end, you feel good for...
As I say in my bio on my website, I've wanted to be a writer for as long as I could put a few words together on a page. Right from the first grade, I started pumping out little...
Despite today being Labor Day I did about nine pages, which is actually a lot for me. My goal is to have this wip done by November, which will give me plenty of time to...
Yes, our experiences over the weekend seemed like the old bait and switch routine. Way back in February my daughter and three friends went apartment shopping in Tallahassee...
Hey, if there are any aspiring writers or readers out there who live in Florida and would love a chance to meet the amazing, award-winning, bestselling author, Stephanie...
School started yesterday, which means it's back to getting up at 6:00 every morning. OK, 6:10. I'm not happy. I drag myself out of bed after a lousy night's sleep, because...
Is it really August? No! Before we know it here in Florida, the kids will be going back to school. Seriously, they go back in two weeks. I know, it's...
OK, so I got hit with a meme about a week ago, and lazy me is only getting to it now. It's a birthday meme, and what you have to do is look up your birthday (just the day, not...
So besides getting a proposal for DARK TEMPTATION ready, I'm also working on copy edits for DARK OBSESSION, release date May 08, and I need to do a final read on FORTUNE'S KISS...
While Florida swelters, I've been hiding out mostly indoors finishing up my -- uh, I mean Allison Chase's -- proposal for her December 08 release, DARK TEMPTATION. My...
I love these lyrics, which are by a band my kids listen to called Straylight Run. I heard the song recently (on my trip to St. Augustine, actually), and I just want to...
Our Upstairs Room at the Secret Garden Inn The Garden Path Leading to our Room St. Augustine Lighthouse (Or what could fit in the picture) Me, at the Top of the...
I love St. Augustine! After more than twenty years of living in Florida, I finally figured this out. We dropped our daughter off at orchestra camp in Tallahassee (you want to...
I'm finally feeling normal again. Well, relatively speaking, that is. I mean, what exactly is normal? In my case, sometimes it seems normal to feel exhausted all the time,...
Am I ever glad I didn't bother having that panic attack last weekend (see last entry). Like I said, I was way too sick to scrape up the energy, but as it turned out, when I...
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