Parenting, Love and Writing

Ah, the mommy-wife-writer balance! In her insightful and intelligent interview, Dr. Psych Mom asked some really personal questions, so I gave some really personal answers about balancing parenting and work… 1. How do you make time for your husband while raising a daughter and being an awesome best selling author? Hmmm … interesting question, and…

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Big Book Getaway 2014 – Group Selfie

What a blessing to spend time with some of my favorite writers who are also some of my favorite people! Wise, warm, and funny observations, a great crowd, and lots of laughs at The 2014 Big Book Getaway in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.  Here I am with John Searles, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Tess Gerritsen, Alafair Burke and David Handler in…

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Things I Know for Sure About Writing

For a couple of years now, I have been involved with a poetry group at Brookwood Florida, a home for adolescent girls who have been removed from their domestic situations because of abuse. Under the direction of the wonderful Jeanne Chase, some of the girls gather weekly to write. And the result is some of…

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Crazy Love You – Advance Reader Copies!

Wow oh wow! The photo doesn’t capture how gorgeous, how shiny, candy apple red amazing are the advance reader copies for CRAZY LOVE YOU. So exciting! (Don’t worry … I’ll save one for a giveaway!!) Thanks to the amazing team at Touchstone / Simon & Schuster!    

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Crazy Love You

I am thrilled to share with you the gorgeous cover for CRAZY LOVE YOU, my new psychological thriller that will release February 10th, 2015! Falling in love can feel like a dream… or a living nightmare. Darkness has a way of creeping up when Ian is with Priss.  Even when they were kids, playing in…

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Short stories series featuring Eloise Montgomery and more!

I just completed a series of short stories set in The Hollows and focusing on one of my favorite characters psychic Eloise Montgomery. I am so excited about these three short stories that will release this fall.  I have been really wanting to spend more time with Eloise, and delving deeper into what has formed…

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IN THE BLOOD Optioned for TV!

A really stellar writer, director and producer team has optioned IN THE BLOOD for television! Director Gary Fleder (Homefront, Kiss the Girls, Runaway Jury) and executive producer Mary Beth Basile of Mojo Films will begin shopping the treatment soon!  Send good vibes and I will certainly keep you posted! About Gary Fleder (from garyfleder.com) Director Gary Fleder…

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Chelsea Cain, Alafair Burke & More! Sizzling Summer Reading

Wowee! This is going to be a SIZZLING summer for reading! Here are some fabulous upcoming releases from: Alafair Burke, Chelsea Cain, Linda Castillo and Martha Grimes. Of course, I get to read them all first.  Just sayin’. (Oh, okay! I’ll give them away.  Either post on Facebook or Sign Up for my newsletter for your chance to win!)   Chelsea…

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Strand Magazine Interview with Lisa Unger

The following is my in-depth interview with The Strand Magazine, published in the Strand Magazine Issue 42: Spring 2014: STRAND MAGAZINE: So what is new from Lisa Unger this year? This year, my twelfth novel IN THE BLOOD released on January 7th. I have been on the road visiting with booksellers and fans from Key West…

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