Deep Listening
“Writing fiction has developed in me an abiding respect for the unknown in a human lifetime and a sense of where to look for the threads,...
"Too pretty to be true..."
I like to read biographies, and I have recently finished a biography about Albert Einstein. In turns out that he thought in images. For...
Not Flaws... Adornments
Not flaws. adornments. The word finally came to me. To me the imperfections are, in fact, adornments. I look for the adornments such as...
L'amour est tout ce qu'il faut
Translation- Love is all that there should be. As a romance writer, I spend a lot of time contemplating love and its importance in the...
Paradox and love
I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love. -Mother Teresa paradox- noun ...
Manifesting Love and Books
“Our life is a manifestation, and we can very well make that manifestation beautiful and meaningful and have a good influence.” - Thich...
Re- , Again and Again, Romance Redux
Revival, reassurance, redux, relationship ... all “re” words. There are so many. Resplendent, one of my favorite words means...
Why Romance Books Matter
“Sublimity,” Hauptmann says, panting, “you know what that is, Pfennig?” He is tipsy, animated, almost prattling. Never has Werner seen...
Duende and other mystical words
Since I spend so much of my time playing with words on the computer while writing romance novels, there are many days when I contemplate...
Love, the stars, and planets
"The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in...
