Back soon – and, in the meantime…

Back soon – and, in the meantime…

I’m just going to put this right here. It’s inviting, enticing, and bespeaks adventure, my husband and I are adventuring elsewhere in not-America. Makes you want to peek inside – yes? Yes! Open! Open! Are you gonna? You owe yourself a peek…...
Our Friends are Here! Our Friends are Here!

Our Friends are Here! Our Friends are Here!

PJ, Ed, Narelle, and Larry in Sydney, Australia Good morning! Today we will pick up our Aussie friends from the airport. It’s been three years since we’ve seen them and we have much to discuss, much to celebrate. Jubilance abounds! Ed and Narelle will have...
The Inciting Incident for a Novel Amount of Cash

The Inciting Incident for a Novel Amount of Cash

What would make a great premise or inciting incident for a book? A hook for a reader – or for you, the writer? A murder, a secret, and/or promise to tell-all? A hint, a hazard, a second guess? Another of PJ’s infamous loose-with-the-truths? Here’s an...
I don’t say “hella”

I don’t say “hella”

“I like reading your book, PJ. I’m getting to know your personality better,” she said as she paddled and kicked in water aerobics class. I smiled as I paddled and kicked, too. Nice to receive a direct reader compliment. She’d honored my...