1) Summer--best time to walk the dog/6:00 am; best time to garden/6:00 am; best time to laze in the hot tub/6:00 am; best time to read/6:00 am; best time to write/6:00 am. I love the freshness and energy of a new morning in summer. Too bad I can't multi-task everything at once and spend the rest of the day lying in a hammock. Still waiting to see which of my poor tropicals survived the harsh winter. I am ever hopeful. So far, I see a couple of elephant ears poking up and one hibiscus.

Graduation is over. Lacrosse season is over. I have part of my life back! And the kids are off busy and engaged with their own interests.

Maybe it will be a long, lazy summer after all.

2) I invite you to stop by and visit the other members of the Rainy Day Writers group. We write Romance for Your Every Mood. We all live in the great PNW and, of course, write romance but in different genres. Maureen Mackey writes Regencies with intrigue, and Judith Glad writes historical and contemporary romance with a Western flavor. It's always a fun adventure discovering a new author! We've all been hard at work on new projects and all have something new to share.

3) Uncial has released my new contemporary romance, The Truth About Fairy Tales, which has earned a 5 cup rating from Coffee Time Romance! Take a look around Uncial's website.

My WIP is the story of the children of characters from Moonfire and StarJumper's Bride. Living in the future can be quite a challenge, what with batriels and gorgeous Mariltar men. So...things are busy, busy, busy.

4) Check out my interview at All Romance eBooks.

5) See my Freebies page for instructions on how to get a free bookmarks or postcards, or a download of Cooking Between The Sheets cookbook.

6) Thanks to all my readers, Moonfire is still a best seller at Hard Shell. It was the #1 Romance Best Seller at fictionwise for 2002 and 2003, was a Hard Shell best seller in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, and was a finalist in the Best Science Fiction category in Affaire de Coeur's 2003 Reader/Writer Poll.

7) Summer Heat is a 2004 Eppie Winner, 2003 Winner of the Orange Rose, and RT Bookclub 2003 nominee for Best Small Press Romance!

8) StarJumper's Bride is a 2006 Eppie finalist in the Science Fiction/Futuristic Romance category.

9) Come visit my photo album of favorite places.