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  • Dance Mom Forever Mix

    My dance mom BFF Jill Martin and I are doing some videos to promote our new book, DANCE MOM SURVIVAL GUIDE. Of course you can make this healthy trail mix no matter what your kids – or you – are into. Enjoy! Nom, nom, dark chocolate chips!

  • Hope Floats Storygrams

    In doing the True-Do Track over on my Facebook page, which began in January with a month of journaling prompts, I’ve realized a few things already, including that I’m going to have MORE FUN with books and work this year. I felt like 2012 was all to-do list which is partly what inspired my True Do…

  • True Do Track for living a You-Full 2013

    For the Type A among us, a to-do list feels as automatic as brushing our teeth or blinking. So with that in mind, I created a True Do Track for my readers to join me in trying to live our best year yet. Less stress. Less drama. More fun. More adventure. More authentic relationships and…

  • You’re Invited to our NEXT LEFT NYE Bash

    Well, we know you party people will be sharing your NYE shenanigans on Facebook, so we decided to provide a safe haven for all of your partying…er, safe HIVE, full of juicy reads, tons of giveaways and a grand prize including some of our 2013 titles! All you have to do to “enter” the party,…

  • Kicking off the Sleigh Read Tour

    It’s an honor to be the first driver in the Sleigh Read tour. My sleigh is shiny red, so glossy you can see winding down the road a mile away, led by beautiful Clydesdale horses featured in my Sleigh Ride: A Winter Anthology story, “Snowflakes and Stones.” I’ve borrowed the hand-made purple scarf featured in…

  • Happy Birthday to SOMETHING NEW and My Grams Who Raised Me

    I know something BIG is happening this week and it’s a different kind of “something new.” Election for POTUS is 11/6 and Tuesdays are also typically the launch day for books, which is why I’m declaring Nov. 5th the official birthday of my fourth novel, SOMETHING NEW. It’s available in trade paperback and ebook. It…

  • Something Wicked Short Stories and Video

    At Halloween, we all get to play make-believe. Last year my tween daughter and her best friend were zombie pageant girls. My eldest son was a werewolf for two years in a row so he could hide and scare trick or treaters. In stories, we get to experience those things “for real.” And as a…

  • The difference in persona and brand

    per·so·na/pərˈsōnə/ Noun: The aspect of someone’s character that is presented to or perceived by others. A role or character adopted by an author or an actor. Source: Dictionary.com As a brand strategist and creative director for both businesses and books, and socially-driven for both, I’m fascinated with the interplay between persona and brand. Likely I…

  • Is it time to crack yourself open?

    If happiness is life’s greatest reward, then for the creative soul, it requires giving ourselves permission to fully create. Think about it: Often we live from our base self, ego speaking to other egos, superficial, small talk, and busy work. We’re hopefully acting civil, moving through our days with tasks both menial and major, but…

  • Improving Your Web Appeal

    The hardest part about writing a weekly blog is deciding on one thing to talk about. In one week so much happens that I decided to add a Cool Stuff section at the end to include the things I feel are noteworthy but might not go along with the theme of the week. I also…