It's hot. I know. Here are some tips for staying cool. Bonus! I dropped a cute new mini-trailer for one of my thriller series at the end. We are entering a heat wave in the northeastern USA, and here at Casa-Shayne-Lewis, we’ve learned a few ways to keep the house a little bit cooler. So to set this up, we do not have central air in our century-old farmhouse. We do have two freestanding air conditioners, one in the living room, one in the bedroom. I run them as seldom as possible. One thing I...

I'm an activist. In my actions, I have bumped into a couple of fellow activistst who have mentioned that feminists once (or more than once) burned romance novels while protesting for women's rights. I was frankly flabbergasted by that revelation. Let me give you my arguments for why that was and is such a misguided approach. And here, I'm speaking about male/female romances, because feminists do not attack gay or lesbian romances for some reason. Maybe it's because they don't feel entitled to...

Hello my lovelies. I miss you! I know it's been kind of quiet around here for a couple of weeks. I fell into a book. I fell hard. I've written three drafts of Arsenic and Old Ladies in nine weeks, and have messed up my back/neck/shoulders in the process. Omygod I'm in pain right now! But I'm doing PT and it's improving very slowly. I finished the third draft just yesterday and sent it off to my editor, who has to love it or else I'll die. Phew! Three drafts in nine weeks! That's a new record....