Going to Catholic grade school for eight years at St. Amelia's in Tonawanda, NY, left me with some indelible memories, like the time I went to confession and told Father Ochs that I had eleven sins of … [Read more...]

My new contemporary romance, On the Trail of Love, releases today! I went down a rabbit hole when I wrote this story, as my usual genre is historical fiction. But when I met a young lady who … [Read more...]

I think I could write a whole book on funny Southern sayings. Besides being introduced to barbecue, sweet tea, and pimiento cheese, learning to understand the accent and the funny Southern sayings … [Read more...]

The past weeks since the outbreak of COVID-19 have been strange for me. I've written a WWI/Pandemic Flu of 1918 novel which isn't published yet. And I did extensive research on this particular … [Read more...]

Getting Ready to Publish My New Cowboy Romance On the Trail of Love! Totally different from my historical novels and novellas, my first contemporary cowboy romance tells the story of a girl who … [Read more...]

Thanks to my wonderful agent, Julie Gwinn, I'm pleased to announce that I've signed a contract with Vinspire Publishing for a trilogy of Gilded Age historical romances! Did you love Downton Abbey? … [Read more...]

Ah, Buffalo, City of Light and beer! Flew into Buffalo last week to visit my sisters in our old hometown of Tonawanda. How wonderful to stand among the milling crowd in the airport and hear that … [Read more...]

Only after I grew up and moved away from my hometown of Tonawanda, NY, did I realize and appreciate the Polish and Italian ethnicity of our community. Now when I get a chance to return, I love to … [Read more...]

  The Erie Canal Brides Collection I've been privileged to write three novellas for Barbour Publishing, and of these three my favorite is The Battlefield Bride, from The Courageous Brides … [Read more...]

I've just had new covers designed for my first two historical novels. I'be been involved this publishing thing since I wrote my first novel back in 2004. When we were still doing "snail mail" … [Read more...]