The Writing Desk

Small-town women's fiction and slow-burn romance from the Colorado mountain town of Jackson's Bridge—where herb farms, horse ranches, and a close-knit community hold people together when everything else falls apart.

How Book Reviews Support Authors

Before I became an indie author, I hardly ever left a book review. Now I'm on the other side of the reader/writer equation, I am awake to the opportunities I have to help someone out. Leaving reviews is such a small thing to do, is so satisfying personally, and has far-reaching consequences through the ripples of positivity that are sent out into the world.

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Writing Romantic Women's Fiction From a Seed of an Idea

Do you sometimes hear a fragment of information, a saying or an idea and it sticks somewhere inside your mind, being all shiny and interesting with no particular purpose? Well, that happens to me all the time—tiny seeds if ideas that quickly grow into layered stories.

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Welcome to Jackson's Bridge, a Series that Feels Like Home

Jackson’s Bridge feels as real to me as the small towns I grew up in, surrounded by the patchwork pastures and majestic Southern Alps of New Zealand’s Canterbury region.

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