Happy October! I promised ice cream and I’m going to deliver. But first, some author/book news. There are some events in the works. I’ll be posting more about them in the upcoming months but know that bookish things are happening behind the scenes. Now, drum roll please… Cool, creamy, and sweet—the perfect treat to end a warm day. Thousands of flavor combinations. The classics—vanilla, chocolate, strawberry. Sundaes. Cones. Hot fudge. Whipped Cream. Yes, my friends, I’m talki

Hello all! I hope everyone is embracing fall. I’ve already had my favorite fall salad at my nearby health food store/café. I had an interesting memory surface this past week, and it’s got me feeling nostalgic. So I’m dedicating this post to the history and meaning of why I write so much about the woods, mountains, and hiking in my novels. I’ll, of course, tie it to Pining For You. First, those pics up there. I wanted to share some old college pics and new ones of me when I

Hello! I hope you’re ready for fall. I love this time of year, and Jim Thorpe’s leaf-peeping crowds don’t scare me. I have a secret parking place that allows me to walk and its free. ;) Pining For You is in the publishing pipeline, and I’m in wait mode. That’s okay. There’s plenty for me to do in the meantime. I just started the semester with a large class load, and I’m working on another manuscript. I’ve also been house shopping in Jim Thorpe. I’m close to finding the right

Hello all! Time for a location PFY blog post. I’ll get to each of the pictures, but essentially these were taken on a recent hike in Jim Thorpe. The views were incredible. This post is about a great trail you can take in Jim Thorpe. If you park up in The Heights on North Avenue, you can start your hike from there. It wasn’t busy when I went but might be during weekends. The Mount Pisgah trail in Jim Thorpe is steeped in coalmining and railroad history. In the 1820s and 1830s,

I hope everyone is enjoying the warm weather. Since this post is about my quirky character, Nicole, I thought I'd share some of my silliness when season four of Bridgerton came out. I couldn't stop that dance move. lol Time for another update for Pining For You. There’s been a mini upgrade to the manuscript. As I’ve mentioned previously, there are some added scenes since I wrote the first draft, including a couple of chapters from Everett’s perspective and a scene that I have

Hello! I hope everyone is ready for summer. It’s just around the corner. I’m taking a break from Pining for You for this post to talk about one of my other novels, Stray Hearts. It's the first book in a rescue cat romance series and takes place in a fictional town, set in the Pocono Mountains, that is eerily similar to Jim Thorpe. I know, no surprise there. What’s even wilder is that I wrote Stray Hearts before I ever stepped foot in Jim Thorpe or wrote Pining For You. It’s t

Spring is in the air! Well, it was. The weather in PA has been crazy. Two days ago, it was ninety-seven degrees. Yesterday and today, it dipped back into the fifties. As I write this, I can’t help but think of that meme with the dog at work, sitting in front of a computer, with flames all around him, thinking, “Everything’s fine.” Okay, back to Pining For You… I’m going to shift back to a location for this post—the Lehigh River. I snapped a couple of the pictures above from a

Of course I took this pic at 2:22. “I took her hand in mine and knew without a second’s hesitation that I wanted her.” That’s a line from Glittering Images by Susan Howatch, first published in the United States, on September 12, 1987, with a new edition scheduled to be released on May 19, 2026. That’s in eleven days. This special book, that was meant for me to read, published in the eighties, is about to be re-released THIS MONTH. Wow. Uncanny. To recap, for anyone who’s just

Hello from Jim Thorpe! It’s Friday and you know what that means. I do want to hint that I’m hoping to write a blog post soon about a certain train and Pocono Mountain loving girlie who’s making a big move. 👀 Anyway, for this PFY post, I want to talk about another location in Jim Thorpe that I adore. It’s briefly mentioned in Pining For You, but it’s a beautiful spot in town where you can relax, meditate, or do my favorite thing—read in nature. Yep, that’s me up there reading

Hello all! I hope everyone is getting some warm weather like we are here in eastern PA. I’ve been taking walks in the evening and loving every minute of it. Now…I have something shocking to reveal about this Pining For You post. Are you sitting down? Good. For this post, I’ll be chatting about another location from Pining For You and it doesn’t take place in Jim Thorpe. WHAT??? I know. It’s a shocker. To be fair, it’s just down the road from JT. Last Sunday I went for a hik