I have discovered over the past several years that the splendid and blazing sun is NOT my friend. And I go out of my way to stay far far away from it or use serious protective measures when forced to interact with it. As a personal choice, and I admit that perhaps I have […]
In early 1967, my mother sat me down to inform me that once she remarried in August, we were moving from Bridgeport to Westport Connecticut. I wasn’t pleased. In June, I was graduating from St. Ambrose Catholic Grammar School in Bridgeport and was planning on attending Notre Dame Girls Catholic High School in the fall. […]
[This blog post is unusually long. But it’s about my cousin Pam Bonazzo (pictured above), who was unforgettably unusual. So in memory of her, please stick with it and I hope you find it worth your time.] Relaxing on my pergola swing recently, I reveled in the greenery and inhaled the scent of fresh grass […]
I was recently asked to provide a book blurb for my novel Our Romantic Getaway in 25 words or less—including the title. As the queen of verbiage, this was no easy task. I started out with 375 words, and then cut it back to 180. That was the easy breezy part. Then I copied and […]
I get hundreds of e-mails asking me how my books are selling and what kind of effort I have been putting into getting them out there. Here is my partial answer: As a recent novelist, I can tell you that the marketing and selling of Our Romantic Getaway and The Day It Snowed Popcorn has […]
