With the holiday season upon us, it is our time to reflect on the year gone by and start getting together a list of resolutions for the New Year. This is one of my comic relief poems.   I refer to it as my quick pick-me-upper when my muse comes to a halt.   This is my version of The Twelve Days of Christmas. On the twelfth day of Christmas, my friends gave to me: Twelve hours of nonstop writing, Eleven great plots ideas with a twist, Ten true to life characters, Nine boxes of tissues, Eight books on writing, Seven sites on marketing, Six unique promo tips, Five colored highlighters, Four packages of post it notes, Three colorful loose-leaf binders, Two boxes of colorful paperclips, And a bottle of Procesecco to stimulate my mind. To all my writer friends and readers I’d like to wish you all a happy and healthy holiday season full of love and happiness! I'm sharing with you my Christmas tree and decorations. ...

Book Hooks is a weekly meme hosted by Marketing for Romance Writers as part of the MFRW Authors Blog. It's a chance each week for you the reader to discover current WIP or previously published book by possibly new to you authors. Dram Club Chaos is the third book in the Cookie Cutter Cozy Mystery Series.  $2.99 on Amazon Kindle & $9.99 Paperback BLURB All is quiet at the fifty-five and older community where Connie Acosta is running her illegal bakery out of best friend Sara Mazza's garage. Both women swore off getting involved in any police business at the compound. Just as the two amateur sleuths are enjoying a night out in the clubhouse ballroom, a scream from the lounge draws them into the middle of a police investigation with Warren and Brett, their current partners. Who said seniors can't get into trouble and fall in love again. EXCERPT    “Come on, Connie,” Sara said, grabbing her arm. “I...

Book Hooks is a weekly meme hosted by Marketing for Romance Writers as part of the MFRW Authors Blog. It's a chance each week for you the reader to discover current WIP or previously published book by possibly new to you authors.   Chaos at the Compound is the second book in the Cookie Cutter Cozy Mystery Series.  $2.99 or FREE FOR KU SUBSCRIBERS BLURB Connie Acosta is officially a resident in the fifty-five and older community her best friend Sara Mazza lives in. Her baker's kitchen is almost complete and she has met Vic, another resident who is crazy about her. Meanwhile, Sara finds herself in the mist of a love triangle with Vic's friend Jack and Warren, a police officer at the local station. When Sara received a call from her friend at the clubhouse saying there is a dead body floating in the outdoor pool, the women rush there to check things out, getting themselves involved in another investigation, especially when Sara finds a ...