I've joined a group of romance writers to bring some coloring fun into your life. Author Danika Bloom has created coloring sheets for...

St Cecilia Playing The Organ painted by Jacques Stella, Musée du Louvre, Paris. Picture: Getty Today is Saint Cecilia Day, even though...

I will be at Love's Sweet Arrow bookstore in Tinley Park on Saturday, November 20, 2021 from 2-4 pm. If you are in the area, I hope you...

Fast-breaking news: Today, November 8, I will be one of the featured authors on Joanna Slan's Mystery Monday on Facebook. Click for the...

A view of lodge Mountain Lake Lodge in Pembroke, Virginia, is famous as the location of the filming of "Dirty Dancing." It is also a...

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You just wrote your first novel? And you're how old? How old is too old? Young authors are celebrated as precocious. Older authors are...

This week brings several milestones. First, I get to celebrate my seventieth birthday with seventy of my closest friends—well, the people...

Scroll to the bottom for a great book promotion. Everybody's Coffee on Wilson Avenue, Chicago. This used to be one of my Sunday writing...

I have teamed up with a group of romance novelist to put together a giveaway highlighting first-in-a series romances for the month of...

Autumn has arrived in Chicago. The days are cooler and the leaves are changing. This is my favorite time of year. The smell of wood smoke...

September 19 is Talk Like a Pirate Day, I remember when Facebook would give you the option of changing your language so you could post...

I have been writing most of my life. Unsuccessful attempts at novels, reams of bad poetry, more success in academic writing, and finally...

Some favorite Cress and Max things Cress lives in Rogers Park. She might take Max to walk along the lake at sunset. I live in Rogers Park...

La Traviata, Lyric Opera of Chicago, 2013 Max, the hero of my forthcoming book, At First Sight, finds listening to music painful. He was...

Margie Warrell Life is all about change and adaptability. In Romance, the character arc has to do with learning to be with another...

SCROLL DOWN FOR EXCITING NEWS As a teenager, I was all about the tragic. I searched out sad endings. I was an avid reader of...

I am so excited to show you the cover for At First Sight. I hope you love it as much as I do. Releasing October 22, 2021 She wants a...

Philip Allfrey - The Hall (left) and Maitland Building (right) of Somerville College, Oxford Peter Trimming, Balliol College The first...

Apricot danish from Pflour Bakery, purchased at the Glenwood Farmer's Market, August 1, 2021 In the summer, before Cress ever met Max,...