I recently left my office job to begin writing full-time. This was a huge step for me because for years I’ve wanted to leave the corporate world. I’ve finally taken that step and it feels great!

In addition to writing fiction, I’ve begun writing for a local magazine in my town. So far I’ve done two articles, one on cycling (this town has some great bike trails) and another on theJunior League. For the next issue one of the stories I’m doing (in preparation for Halloween) is going to be about local hauntings. This story will require me to spend the night with a team of paranormal investigators on the site of a location with reported supernatural activity. I’m really excited about this. This is definitely not the kind of outing I would have been involved with on the day job! lol! Once I’ve gone I’ll post a full report here.

Do any of you have any haunting stories? If so, I’d love to hear them.

So I hear everyone thought I fell off the side of the earth somewhere, never to be seen again. Nope! I could never stop writing. It took a little longer than I’d envisioned to get my life reorganized as a singleton. But a funny thing happened on the way to adjusting to single life…I fell in love. Funny how that happens when you least expect it.

Don’t you love this website, designed by Mari LaCroix (www.mariannelacroix.com). She designed it for a new series I’m writing. It’s an urban fantasy that takes place in 2098 and features a totally kick-ass heroine. I told Mari I wanted a city scape and to capture the kick-ass nature of my heroine. I think she got my meaning. The really funny thing is the city where my story takes place is covered in water. I didn’t tell her that, but she used an image of Baltimore (my former city) with a view of the Inner Harbor. It’s a water view & fits with my story perfectly.

Fans of Adrienne Kama will be sad to note that this book won’t have any sex in it. For sex you’re going to have to wait for the next Stella Rice installment. This book (my working title is The Book of the Dead) has enough action, though, to keep Stella fans occupied. It also has some pretty sexy male characters, so readers won’t be disappointed in that regard.

As for Stella Rice… For those of you who don’t know, there are a lot of shady things going on at New Concepts Publishing. It’s unfortunate because once upon a time they were a fantastic publisher. In any case, I don’t feel comfortable releasing any more books with them. The entire Stella Rice series will be moved to a different publisher as my contracts expire. By mid 2009 they’ll be moved to a larger publisher with a history of treating her authors well. In the mean time I may post an excerpt or two of the third installation here.