Voice recognition Error of the Day: "The phone rang. Sean grabbed it and paste the kitchen as he answered. He paste when he was nervous."Nervous pasting? I guess I can see how scrapbooking would be relaxing. The spring flowers seem a little slow...

I’m sending an extra email out because I have advanced copies of the next cat café novel available for free!Would you like to read an early copy of my next (and probably final) cat café sweet romance for free? Request a review copy of Cupcakes and Co...

Southernism of the Week: “Grinning like a possum eating a sweet potato.” I guess possums really like sweet potatoes. 🤷‍♂️Kris has a new Cat Café sweet romance coming out soon: Twenty-three years ago, Fiona Jones gave up her baby for adoption when her...

Voice recognition mistake of the day: "She grabbed a spider from the bedroom before heading downstairs." That should be "sweater," voice recognition software. (Although I'll admit, your version is more interesting.)Ferrets Bear and Panda say "Keep sn...

Southernism of the Week: “It’s a right far piece from here.”That’s farther than yonder.Chris has a treasure hunting romantic suspense novel on sale for only 99 cents. This series, called “Smart romance with an 'Indiana Jones' feel,” is ranked 4+...

"I think we can show the knife was in the drawer when it was locked.""How?""By the butter."This exchange in an old Perry Mason novel was intriguing, until I realized that it was the result of a digitalization error, and it was supposed to be butler,...

Southernism of the Week: You can be “as country as Corn Flakes or “as country as a baked bean sandwich,” but the countriest country might be “He’s so country he thinks a seven-course meal is a possum and a six-pack.” (We love finding these colorful i...

Voice recognition mistake of the day: I was making a note of a recommended historical romance, and it came out "Passion favors the Bald." My husband will be glad to know that.News from the Cattery: "This year, our adoptions have grown to an average o...

Howdy - you signed up for this list to get information about my writing classes and other helpful writing info. You can now sign up for my next class: Write Stories Children Will Love4-week Course on ZoomSaturdays: April 10, 17, 24 and May 1, 3...

Southernism of the Week: “See, no one in the South ever asks if you have crazy people in your family. They just ask what side they’re on.” – Julia Sugarbaker, Designing WomenTrivia: All of these romantic comedy actresses have won an Oscar for Best Ac...