With my latest novel coming out in a matter of weeks, I expect to get questions about the timeliness of my new book. The backdrop for my time travel story is...

The summer I was eight years old my family moved from North Carolina to the Japanese island of Okinawa where my Army dad was stationed. We would live there f...

If you traveled back in time to an American city in 1918, one of the first things you’d notice is hats. Lots and lots of hats. At any outdoor gathering there...

Imagine being arrested for wearing the wrong bathing suit. In 1918, the year my forthcoming novel takes place, that was a distinct possibility. Not only did w...

Reaching a new year doesn’t always seem like a big deal. But as we head into 2020, I’m breathing a sigh of relief. I’m more than ready for 2019 to be in my r...

Like a lot of people, I have concerns about a variety of issues. But because I’m a novelist, I get to weave the issues I’m worried about into the books I wri...

When I was a kid, my family lived in Japan and later, on the Japanese island of Okinawa where my Army dad was stationed. While living in Japan, when my broth...

This month I'm re-running one of my most popular blog posts. What if your grandfather never met your grandmother? That’s easy – you wouldn’t exist. What if...

Multi-genre authors. What’s that, you say? Well, some authors write only one kind of novel, (mysteries, maybe,) but others write books that fall into differe...

My next time travel novel is set in Atlanta in 1918. America has entered WW1 and women are stepping into previously all-male jobs. It was a time of growing f...

Would you pay to watch Connie the Contortionist? If you were an average American in 1918, chances are the answer to that question would be ‘yes!’ Because Vau...

In early 1900s Atlanta, street traffic included trolleys, automobiles, horse-drawn wagons and lots and lots of pedestrians who crossed the street wherever an...

I played tennis when I was younger. So I find it fascinating as I do research for my next time travel novel what women wore in the past on the court. Can you...

It’s always exciting when I begin doing research for a new novel. I have to find out information on the setting, the culture, the styles – all kinds of thing...

Do you ever feel like there are different incarnations of yourself? I do. Because the Connie I am now is not the Connie I was when I was younger. But which i...

I’m thrilled to announce publication of my second Time Travel novel, “The Going Back Portal.” This one features a producer for a TV investigative news team w...

Publication of my seventh novel is just weeks away. It's my second time travel novel. The Going Back Portal is set in present-day Atlanta and Athens, GA, and...

As I head down the homestretch on my latest novel, I’ve been thinking about cornbread. Growing up, I thought cornbread was a southern invention. Silly me. Eu...

Ah, the good old days. When using the bathroom meant taking a little hike to the outhouse. Or sliding a chamber pot out from under the bed during the night s...

While researching Cherokee Indians for my forthcoming novel, I was struck by how their traditional names always meant something. Their names could also chang...