February 2, 2027 is the thirty-eighth anniversary of the day I got The Call that my first book, CANDLE IN THE WINDOW, had been purchased by a very astute editor. The time was 3:30 pm, not that I noticed. (I’m kidding. I definitely noticed.) In July 2026, TEACH THE TORCHES TO BURN was published in hardcover,… Read More

  ON THE OTHER HAND … Every writer faces a moment in her career when she realizes that a good part of success has nothing to do with writing skill or career planning, and everything to do with pure, dumb luck. For me, that moment arrived at a conference in St. Louis in 1993 when… Read More