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May 7, 2023July 14, 2023

Difficult Ups and Downs in Weight Loss

It’s been a couple of weeks since I posted on how my lifestyle change was going. It’s been a couple of weeks of an assortment of events that made being active and eating healthy hard to do. But I’ve pushed on and tried to maintain my new changes as best as I could and the result is that I’m down another two pounds for a total of 29 pounds lost since I re-started my journey after the pandemic. That means I’m past halfway to my goal! Yeah! The one thing I haven’t been able to do is get back to strength training. Sigh. I must do that since building muscle is so important now that I’m older and because that muscle helps boost my metabolism which in turn would help me lose weight as well. If you’re on a journey also, share how you’re doing and any tips for succeeding. For me it’s tracking my calories on my Fitbit app, making sure to get 10K steps, and 30 minutes of cardio every day.

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April 23, 2023

Happy Day of Wine and Romance

I can’t wait until next weekend when my daughter and I will be taking part in the Day of Wine and Romance! Join us on April 29 and 30 at the Brook Hollow Winery for a day of romance novels and tasty beverages. Brook Hollow Vineyard is a lovely place right near the Delaware River and the Lakota Wolf Preserve so there is a lot to do in addition to visiting with us and another 60+ authors. I hope you can make it!

April 21, 2023

The Shifter’s Kiss Free Read

If you’re still facing a winter chill, how about a story in a tropical location that’s bound to create some heat? I’ve just re-released The Shifter’s Kiss, an erotic paranormal romance about a very unique kind of shifter: a shark goddess. This story is set on a Caribbean island and the idea of the shark shapeshifter came from the Kuna people, who now live primarily on the San Blas Islands. The Shifter’s Kiss is an emotional story about a wounded firefighter who has found peace in the ocean until he encounters a very unusual shark and starts having dreams of an enticing woman. I think you’ll love this story and even better, it’s free on Kindle Unlimited at https://amzn.to/41GqOct. Don’t forget you can also download several other stories for free on Kindle Unlimited at https://amzn.to/43Pt0j9.

Teaser

After firefighter Victor Edwards almost loses his life while saving a child during a fire, he finally embraces his true passion: the ocean. It is the one place he feels at peace. While researching for his degree, he studies a unique shark that visits him by the reef. But by night erotic dreams of a beautiful woman haunt him and fill him with a yearning he doesn’t understand.

Nali is one of the last of a unique race of shark shapeshifters. Because of the danger of being near humans, she rarely swims swim close to shore, but the scarred man watching her on the reef rouses unwanted emotions. She can’t risk showing him her true form, but when he almost sacrifices himself to save her, she can no longer ignore him. Passion flares between them, but Nali must return to the sea or be forever imprisoned on land. But as his love calls to her, will she give up what she is for the promise of happiness?

April 14, 2023

Happy World Dolphin Day!

It’s World Dolphin Day! I am always so happy when I am able to see dolphins in the ocean. Last year we had a lot of them as well as a lot of whales. Sadly, in recent months there have been a number of whale and dolphin deaths along the Jersey Shore. Although the authorities are denying the connection, the deaths coincide with recent sonar use to map out locations for offshore wind turbines. It makes me question why no one is bothering to have a moratorium on this while investigations are conducted, especially since both dolphins and whales are affected by undersea noise pollution. On top of that, wind turbines leak oil and coolants. Where will these leaks go? Into the ocean? On top of that, wind turbines change the environment around them by bringing warm air down to the ocean’s surface, heating it. That changes the kinds of fish in the area. Let’s not even talk about the damage to existing fish and shellfish areas when they pile drive the columns necessary to support the turbines. Do environmentalists not really care about this? As someone who cares deeply about the ocean and all the things that live in it, I’m worried about the silence on what’s happening now with the whale and dolphin deaths and what will happen to the environment from leaks, water warming, etc.

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April 13, 2023

Happy Throwback to Baby Years

My daughter and I are best buds. I love spending time with her. Like any mom, I sometimes love teasing her so here goes… This is a picture of my daughter when she was a baby. I believe we had been playing peek-a-boo and she had the toy bucket over her head and when she took it off… SURPRISE! What a cutie, right?

April 3, 2023

Happy but exhausted Monday

What a wonderful weekend! I spent the last few days at the Liberty States Fiction Writers Conference. I think it was a wonderful event but I may be a little biased since I was the Conference Chair. I had a great time learning new things at the workshops and meeting new people. A lovely time. Now I’m back at my desk, pounding away the keys to finish up #3 in the South Beach Security K-9 series spinoff, tentatively titled Killer in the Kennels. It’s a twisty, mind-bender about the discovery about a serial killer at the site of SBS’s new K-9 Division training center. I’m almost done and can’t wait to see what you’ll think about the four new books in the series which will be out in Summer 2024. In the meantime, you can read the first three which are now out and available in print, e-book, and audio! You can find them at https://amzn.to/42SXHDw.

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March 31, 2023

Happy Friday! Freedom and a Margarita are almost here!

Happy Friday! I always used to wait for Friday afternoon because I knew by the time 3:OO pm rolled around I was only a couple of hours from freedom and maybe a margarita. Possibly pizza since that was always our welcome-to-the-weekend dinner. Today will be a little different since I’ll be with my writing conference buddies preparing for tomorrow’s conference and book fair. We’re expecting an excellent turnout and I hope you can make it if you’re in the area! Remember: 4:30 to 6:30 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Hamilton, NJ. I’ll have my latest releases available including the three books in the South Beach Security series. I’ll also have some earlier releases and goodies for anyone who buys one of the books! I hope you can come by.