My Life
Glamour weekend at St. Regis Princeville for Bethany Hamilton's wedding
Glamour weekend at St. Regis Princeville for Bethany Hamilton's wedding. The first time I saw Kaua`i’s Hanalei Bay from the site of the St. Regis Princeville, I was five years old. The five-star resort location was a pasture with a steep slope that ended in a little...
Cityshock and re-entry
Cityshock and re-entry June 7, 2013 We undertook our most harrowing adventure of all the day before we came back to Maui—driving through downtown San Francisco, during rush hour, to go to the Star Trek movie. Our urban assault Jeep was put through its paces as Mike...
Nuggets of insight from the road trip
Nuggets of insight from the road trip May 31, 2013 I had a memory of Carson City that kept us driving past the point of comfort from Great Basin in Utah. In this memory, I was seven months pregnant with Caleb and we spent a romantic weekend in a great big Victorian B...
The Loneliest Road and surprises
Wednesday May 31, 2013 The Loneliest Road and surprises I’m sitting on my folding armchair by a crispy-hot fire with my laptop open on my knees, the smell of cypress and pine all round and the sound of a rushing stream in the background, now that the birds have gone...
Off the deck and into the wild: when the desert storms.
Off the deck and into the wild: when the desert storms. Tuesday 5/28/13 When the desert storms Morning dawned gloriously but settled into overcast as Mike and I took off from Moab to find Canyonlands. We’d been under the impression both parks were close, but only...
On Walmart and Arches National Park
On Walmart and Arches National Park May 27, 2013 On the road to Moab Writing while driving, the laptop open on my lap and bouncing with the rough freeway leading out of Colorado into Utah. We’re doing 75 mph, the speed limit, and the Jeep starts to levitate when it...
Off the deck and into the wild: Mesa Verde, Durango, Ouray
Off the deck and into the wild: Mesa Verde, Durango, Ouray Saturday May 25, 2013, Mesa Verde to Durango to Ouray, Colorado My good friend Loren Lapow, MSW, director of Maui Hero Project (I did my master’s internship under him in narrative adventure therapy with youth)...
My Writing
Eden Baylee and Stranger at Sunset
Now and again I like my romance steamy, and Eden Baylee does a lovely, tasteful job with that. I was interested to hear her latest book was a departure from romance, a suspense called Stranger at Sunset. I invited her to share about her new book on the blog, and as a...
Make me one of your #Bookbub favorite #authors and never miss a #book #sale!
If you make me a Bookbub favorite author, you'll get a special email when one of my books is free or on sale, and this is worth doing because I eventually do a discount or giveaway on ALL of them, and try to be featured on this great email list of curated books...
Island Fire, Toby Neal's first #YA novel, is here!
Island Fire - Toby’s First YA Novel, is here in time for Christmas! Suitable for ages 10-100! Raves from Advance Readers: “Island Fire is another fantastic page turner from Toby Neal. It sucked me in until the very end and I feel like I know each of the characters...
How writing is like surfing.
Writing is like surfing. Okay, a little drier and more sedentary, but still there are many elements that line up, and to give credit where it’s due, I have to link back to Joanna Penn whose blog today was Why The Writing Journey is just like Skiing and provided...
Sara Malia Hatfield reads the Lei Crime Series audiobooks: enter to win!
Thrilled to introduce a Hawaii girl born and raised, voice actress Sara Malia Hatfield reading the Lei Crime Series audiobook (s)! (LEAVE A COMMENT BELOW FOR A CHANCE TO WIN AN AUDIOBOOK OF BLOOD ORCHIDS!) - Contest Closed The journey to bring my books to audiobook...
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