Last night, I enjoyed another great Girls Night with a group of remarkable women I’m lucky enough to call my friends. I was invited to the group as a newbie some twenty-odd years ago, and hope to still be gathering with these amazing people twenty years from...
MEET LOGAN McKENNA … fiercely loyal, and impossibly inquisitive. In Shattered, the first book in the original mystery series and my fiction debut, Logan McKenna loses her husband, her illusions, the company they built together, her music, and now, probably her job....
Your book is written, edited, re-edited, polished to within an inch of its life. You’ve approved the cover design, the layout, the drop cap font and marketing blurb on the back cover. You’ve updated your blog. You’re done! It’s now in the hands...
NEWPORT BEACH BOOK FAIR was a blast! Books ranged from an ARVN fighter pilot’s first-hand account of the Vietnam war to Russian spy novels, wooly mammoth digs, and beautifully illustrated children’s books. A great time was had by all, including the...
HOW DO YOU PICK A BOOK? Whether it’s online or off the shelf, we are visual creatures and will first be drawn to the spine or cover of a book by color and design. If Titles are King, Covers are Queen. My first book was a slim volume of poetry, whose spine barely...
A self-admitted book addict, Valerie was the kid with the flashlight under her pillow. A life of travel with exposure to many different cultures led to a pervasive interest in people, with degrees & teaching credentials in Cultural Anthropology & English.
A self-admitted book addict, Valerie was the kid with the flashlight under her pillow. A life of travel with exposure to many different cultures led to a pervasive interest in people, with degrees & teaching credentials in Cultural Anthropology & English.