Thanksgiving is a most treasured holiday. It’s a time when we gather with our family members and friends to celebrate, eat delicious foods and enjoy each others company. Every family has their own, unique way of celebrating Thanksgiving, and most pet parents like to include their furry companions in those…

You’ve finished writing your story. You’ve self-edited it to the nines, and enlisted the help of family members and friends to read your manuscript. It’s ready for beta readers. The purpose of beta readers is not to stroke your writer’s ego. Their job is to find your story’s shortcomings before…

I’d like to take this opportunity to share a little insight into living with canine epilepsy — a subject matter near and dear to my heart. As many of you probably know, the two dogs pictured above were my Epi-warriors, Lana and Darren. They both developed Idiopathic Epilepsy (epilepsy with…

It is that time of the year again! Halloween is almost here, and it can be such a festive and fun time for all. However, let’s face it, for our furry companions it can also be quite the nightmare. But it does not have to be this way! …

By now, my readers know that I’ve taken a short break from 19th century Vienna to go even further back in time and delve into the 12th century with my upcoming historical fiction book. …

Last week was Cara’s 9th birthday, and I felt like doing something different to spoil her rotten on her special day. So, instead of the usual cookies or cupcakes, I decided to make a dog-friendly pizza. My three girls loved their treat and gobbled it up in no time flat. …

I understand that not everyone is a planner. I’m more of a pantster when it comes to my writing. However, there’s just something soothing about being intentional with the blank page in front of me. Maybe I won’t even map out my entire book. …

A productive writer is a happy writer — or so they say. But at some point, you might find something missing from your writer’s life. Or perhaps your work is not progressing the way you think it should. It happens to the best of us. …

As writers, we face many hardships, such as rejection, criticism, lack of time, writer’s block…just to name a few. But of them all there’s one, in particular, that seems to sneak up on us often unnoticed, and we don’t realize we’re battling it until it squeezes the creativity out of…