Meet Dixie, wiener dog puppy star of Dazed & Divorced! She’s a tiny ball of wiener puppy energy, and she is in Claire’s life to provide a redirection of her maternal longings. She’s doing that like a canine rock star, however there are a few problems with her behavior – which may or may […]
Meet Ronald Joseph Ratzenberger, the much maligned, but barely seen, ex-husband of Claire from There Are No Men. Ron is a UPS driver, and for the most part is satisfied with his line of work, as well as his muscular physique, earned from years of working out his body more than his mind. He’s also […]
Meet Claire McDonald Ratzenberger. She’s thirty-five, and has been separated from her husband, Ron, for a year. She works in human resources at Bella Donna Press, a faltering publishing company in Richmond, VA – known for cookbooks and sweet, clean romances. She dreams of doing something more meaningful, but she’s in a bit of a […]
Almost everyone has done it. You break up. You try to find someone else, get interested in new hobbies, and spend more times with friends and family. But you see him out. You miss her. You hear your song. A picture triggers unresolved feelings. A friend says she saw him out with someone else. She […]
There’s a saying in the writing world – “write what you know.” This time-tested advice is sound in many ways. If you are going to write a mystery set in Paris, and you have no knowledge of French language or customs, you’ve never even been out of the country, and foreign police procedure is foreign […]
My debut novel, “There Are No Men,” recently enjoyed a flurry of commercial success during a promotion, reaching #15 on the Kindle Top 100 chart for Women’s Humorous Fiction. I was very excited, and MOTIVATED to keep going on my current work in progress, “Afraid of Her Shadow,” which as of this writing is at […]
No, I don’t mean babies! Or even dogs! I know there’s a reason God did not give me twins or dare I say…more? (Since I am uterus-less I can dare to say it). It was nothing short of pure mercy – more for the hypothetical children. However, I am an excellent multi-tasker. I can create […]
Okay, I will get right on that, Chief! Wait, crap…I hear Mommy on the porch already. I thought she had a date. She will probably be sad and I will have to make her feel better. My jobs NEVER end. I hope she didn’t hear me…oh wait, duh! Dixie, you’re such a dummy sometimes – […]
He means well. He’s trying to protect me. I get it. When I first saw my book, “There Are No Men,” live in the Amazon Kindle store I was thrilled, and eager to share my enthusiasm with the man I love. What else would a romance writer think to do first, right? Jim proceeded to […]
Whew…I love Mommy but I thought she’d never leave today. She was completely freaking out because the guy across the street MAY have seen her belly. How does she think bellies get rubbed? You have to SHOW them! I was all set to show mine, but NO…back in the house, dragging my little legs like […]