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4th of July – Celebrating Liberty and Equality

As we celebrate in the U.S. our national holiday, I’m thinking about what it is we’re celebrating. I’m especially interested in the American Revolution. It figures in my newest time travel novel (hopefully out in 2022).

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Writing Tips — Writing Love and Romance

I’m in the mood for writing love and romance. It’s springtime here in Northern California, with roses, lilacs, and poppies bursting out. I wanted to celebrate our 36th wedding anniversary by visiting our local rose garden, and it was a truly gorgeous display! We congratulated ourselves on choosing a springtime wedding date. With love in the air, I resumed work on the romance sub-plot in my new time travel novel, Undoing Time. It’s a difficult…

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Why All My Novels Are Set in Italy

It’s hard to avoid noticing — all my novels are set in Italy. All or part of all three of my stories take place in that magic land, Italy. It began as an homage to the most fabulous traveling of my life, an art history tour of Rome, Assisi, Florence, Portofino, and Venice. Even just one of those places makes you want to fall in love — if with nothing more than this beautiful place.

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THE TIME GATHERER IS ON SALE NOW – 99 CENTS! Or free with Kindle Unlimited.

THE TIME GATHERER IS ON SALE NOW – $.99!  Can a young timegatherer find love in another century? Not if a secret society out to eliminate time travel finds him first. George St. James has been genetically gifted with the ability to move through the centuries, but will he find a purpose in folding time? Once he meets Elisabetta Sirani in the 17th century, one of the most gifted and beautiful women artists of her…

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The Renaissance Club on Blog Tour + Enter my Givewaway

Book blog Fabulous and Brunette has hosted me and my book with an interview and my giveaway, plus an excerpt. Read a little of my time-travel novel, The Renaissance Club! This wonderful site bills itself as: “A Lifestyle blog that focuses on all things from fashion to beauty; fitness to weight loss; recipes to coupons; books to movies; travels to entertainment; and everything in between.” From fashion to fiction, recipes to fitness, there’s a lot to…

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Best Time Travel Fiction and Finding Love

Finding Love in a Past Era A lot of contemporary time travel fiction involves finding love. And it magically happens. On paper, one can simply step through a fold in time’s curtain or penetrate a magical standing stone and voila! meet your soulmate in a past time. This is magical realism time travel — it just happens. But think about it:  love across the centuries  has a lot of messy aspects. First, the customs of…

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