Category: Motivation Monday

I know Valentine’s Day is at least a month away but since I decorated the house and I’m a romance writer, I’m already looking ahead to that day. Thinking about what I’d like, and since I’m trying to be healthier which means I should avoid the whole chocolate thing, how about my favorite food? “What is that?” you ask. Eggs. I love eggs. Any way you want to give them to me. Plus considering how expensive they are lately, it’s probably a pretty good investment on hubby’s part! LOL! What about you? Do you love eggs? Do you have any special wishes for Valentine’s Day?

I love to read and I think one of the reasons is that my mother and grandmother were avid readers. They taught me to love reading and reading opened up so many new worlds for me in the books that I read. Because of how important reading was to me, I made a point of trying to pass on that love to my daughter. It wasn’t easy because she wasn’t a big reader at first, but little by little reading and writing became an important part of her life. I was so relieved when that happened. Today I’m sharing some tips on how you can help your kids love to read!

I’ve come back from Book Lovers Con more motivated than ever to keep on working on the new books in the South Beach Security: K-9 Division series. It was great hearing from readers at the conference how they were enjoying my new Harlequin Intrigue books as well as some oldies like the At the Shore series. THANK YOU! I so appreciate the kind words and they’ve infused me with even more motivation than ever to keep on writing stories for you. I think you’ll love the first one in the K-9 series which is about a racehorse stable owner whose life is in danger because she’s supposed to testify before the racing commission against a former trainer. It’s up to South Beach Security to keep her safe and so far, the story is going great. I can’t wait for you to read it when it comes out sometime in 2023 (It seems so far away). Hope you are all having a good start to the week and thank you for inspiring me to keep on creating.

I’ve come back from my two writing conferences filled with motivation to do more with my writing. I want to make each day count and explore how to make my writing better. I also want to think about how to make my teaching better and maybe reach more people. A number of attendees at my workshops asked if I did online workshops they could attend and sadly I said I wasn’t doing that. Of course, it would be possible and since I am thinking about making every day count, I’m going to think about how to offer some digital workshops for you all. What do you think?

I have so much going on in the next few weeks. Tomorrow’s release of Trapping a Terrorist, my 25th book for Harlequin. A board retreat for a non-profit. The South Beach Love movie on the Hallmark Channel! Two conferences and upcoming deadlines! OMG!!!

So many things that it’s easy to feel as if things are spiraling out of control and yet a spiral doesn’t necessarily mean losing control. I think of the nautilus whose spiral is about as near to perfection as you can get. It’s almost a golden spiral in perfect ratio, each chamber carefully made and closed as the nautilus grows.

It reminds me on this Motivation Monday that I can control my destiny. No matter all these things that need to be done, I have the power to decide how and when to do them. It’s an important thing to remember so that you don’t let worry and fear keep you from doing what you need to do!