It's release day for SNAGGLE TOOTH (Patrick Flint #5)! Yay! I've done some fun stuff leading up to it. First, I ran some new pieces in the Story Behind the Story series, which you received on this blog. <3 Next, I was interviewed by 2-time winner of The Spur for...

Elsewhere on this blog, I told you the story behind the story of my Patrick Flint series, HERE. Today, I'm covering the story of the story behind SPARK—which you can only get by subscribing to my newsletter HERE (and it's free)—but you can get the rest of the series'...

Elsewhere on this blog, I told you the story behind the story of my Patrick Flint series, HERE. Today, I'm covering the story of the story behind SNAGGLE TOOTH, but you can get the rest of the stories behind the series, too: SWITCHBACK SNAKE OIL SAWBONES SCAPEGOAT...

Elsewhere on this blog, I told you the story behind the story of my Patrick Flint series, HERE.  Today, I'm covering the story of the story behind SCAPEGOAT, but you can get the stories behind the rest of the series, too: SWITCHBACK SNAKE OIL SAWBONES SNAGGLE TOOTH...

Elsewhere on this blog, I told you the story behind the story of my Patrick Flint series, HERE. I’ve also told you the story behind the story of the first one, SWITCHBACK, HERE. And SNAKE OIL, HERE. So, yep, you guessed it: it’s time for you to learn what drove...

In a tough year like this, I still try to be grateful. No doubt, this has been a crazy and difficult year. But yet there is so much to be thankful for. My husband Eric and I do a daily gratitude journal (no, I'm not kidding: 18 things daily we are grateful for in our...

The book... No surprise, this one is about my pops. His great curve-busting results in his fight against cancer resulted in my youngest daughter plotting with my mom to get him a puppy. And a story is born in half an hour one afternoon. The illustrations... But a...

I haven't posted in a good while, and so much has happened. In the world and the U.S.: COVID-19, George Floyd's death (and many others), peaceful protests, violent anarchy, fires, hurricanes, murder hornets, and so much more. In my book world: the release of SAWBONES...

You guys...how ARE you?? I hope everyone is safe and healthy. My family is doing  well. We are social distancing in Nowheresville, TX. The house had just been put on the market (historic low interest rates, and a great place to stay healthy!), but nothing is showing...

This week we found a little peace while working and playing from Nowheresville. Goats, donkeys, our hot tub, our friends: all things we've missed since we were last here in May. I'm excited to announce that we missed it so much that I am scheduling anIndie Publishing...