2019 was a year of unexpected stories. I always start the year with a plan—with stories I want to write and books I want to finish. But then things happen, and plans change.

I was in the right time and place when The New Romance Cafe decided to publish its first anthology for charity. My contribution was “The Iris,” a dark, sexy paranormal romance set in my fictional town of Hogback. Then I joined a group of Phoenix authors to create our “In the Desert” shared world series and wrote “Smitten with Kittens in the Desert,” a contemporary seasoned romance set in Phoenix with a bunch of feral cats acting as Cupids.

I loved both of these writing and publishing experiences with two new groups of author friends, and I met so many wonderful new readers as well. I can’t wait to see what 2020 brings! My plan is to finish my current work in progress, a funny love story set in Hollywood in 1987. But who knows what might happen…