Stolen Gifts has now been officially out for one week.  Wow! If someone had told me last year that I would have a newly released debut novel on the market, I would have laughed.  It’s surreal to say the least.  The amount of work and time it took to get here was huge, and now the work that remains is equally huge.  But I wouldn’t want it any other way. It has been a great learning experience.  However, I don’t want to claim that it was all peaches and cream, because it wasn’t.  Many times along the way I wanted to call it quits, and just have my novel available…

Tomorrow, April 1st, 2014, is the day of release of my debut novel.  I am so excited but at the same time I am so very nervous.  As of tomorrow it is out of my hands.  People will get a chance to read the story and make their remarks. But the longer I sit here contemplating that, the more my nerves lessen.  It’s okay, because everyone is entitled to their opinion.  I wrote a book from my heart and head and I brought to life characters that have been haunting me for years.  So I am truly excited to share them with you. My friends are not allowing me to…

I woke up today and started my day like any other.  I prepared lunches for my kids, started a load of laundry, made breakfast, and then shuffled kids out the door.  When the house became quiet, I took a seat to read for my alloted half an hour.  But my computer started dinging and when I woke up the screen, I saw several messages and all of a sudden, I was floored. Up until I read my messages, I had somehow put my novel out of my mind but realization quickly dawned.  ONE WEEK to publication.  I became frantic and had to concentrate on my breathing to calm myself down.…