How hard can it be? That’s what went through my mind when I first decided to record my own audiobooks. I have decades of radio news exper...

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 ...

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. W...

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 out...

Imagine being arrested for wearing the wrong bathing suit. In 1918, the year my forthcoming novel takes place, that was a distinct possib...

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 fo...

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 ...

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 ...

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 woul...

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

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...

Would you pay to watch Connie the Contortionist? If you were an average American in 1918, chances are the answer to that question would b...

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

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 o...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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...

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

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 be...