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March 25, 2008
WISHING YOU WERE HERE has finaled in the RWA annual Golden Heart® contest!

February 6, 2008
SAINTS AND SINNERS is a finalist in the Great Expectations Contest, sponsored by the North Texas RWA® chapter.

November 3, 2007
SAINTS AND SINNERS placed FIRST in the Golden Gateway contest, sponsored by From the Heart Romance Writers.

August 21, 2007
WISHING YOU WERE HERE is a finalist in the Golden Gateway contest, sponsored by From the Heart Romance Writers.

March 20, 2007:
WISHING YOU WERE HERE placed SECOND in the YA category of the 2007 Duel on the Delta contest.

January 29, 2007:
I am honored to receive the Cyber Rose Award from FTHRW, in recognition of extraordinary service to the Chapter.

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Welcome to my world of writing. I hope you enjoy your stay. I dabble in a variety of different writing projects from non-fiction to fiction, but my main focus is book-length romantic fiction. Visit the links on the left to learn more.

The CP's book is here!
My critique partner Jenn's young adult romantic comedy THE BOYS NEXT DOOR was released June 26 from Simon & Schuster! Click on the cover for more details and access to the online VIRTUAL RELEASE PARTY currently underway.

Workshops for Writers!
Check out From the Heart Romance Writers super line-up for 2008.

Want to learn more about Microsoft Word? I recently gave my workshop "Microsoft Word for Writers" in early 2008 over at the Hearts Through History RWA chapter. This workshop is designed for both Mac and Windows users, but does not cover the Vista operating system version of Word. I do, however, plan to add Word 2008 for Macintosh to the workshop in the very near future. If your chapter is interested in scheduling this workshop please contat me.

What I'm Reading

A good writer is always reading and my TBR (to be read) pile is huge! (See the Photos section for proof!) There never seems to be enough time in the day to read all the good books out there. For a glimpse at what I'm reading now and some reviews and recommendations, see my Reading List page.

I've also recently started a Shelfari list to catalog the books I've read.

Featured Writing Tip

How do I get rid of the heavy dotted black line in an MSWord document?
Have you put asterisks between paragraphs to separate a scene only to find that when you hit <Return>, these asterisks become a solid line that won't go away? On my tips page I have the solution for how to fix that.

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