Category: Joy

  • Let’s Share Some Joy!

    Let’s Share Some Joy!

    Researchers keep confirming that thankfulness is the secret to finding joy. Not only that, thankfulness keeps you healthier. I’m all for that, aren’t you? Harvard Health Publishing suggests a few ways you can be mindful of expressing gratitude for what you have. Set a monthly schedule to send (or deliver) a thank you note to…

  • Into the Fog: Josh Rivers

    Into the Fog: Josh Rivers

    Pleased to Make Your Acquaintance Hey, I’m Josh, the male protagonist in Karen Randau’s new book, Into the Fog. It’s the first book in her Peach Blossom Romantic Suspense Series, and it takes place right here where I grew up, married my high school sweetheart, got a master’s degree in Art History, and progressed to…

  • Guess What!

    Guess What!

    I’m Getting Trained … At this moment, I’m on my way to Wisconsin for Writers’ Police Academy! I’ve heard about it for years and always thought it would be fun, but now I get to actually do it. Do what, you ask? Get the same hands-on training taught to Law Enforcement, Fire, EMS, and Corrections…

  • Showers & Flowers

    Showers & Flowers

    Springtime in Arizona Do you know the saying about April showers bringing May flowers? We don’t get a lot of rain here in Arizona where I live. Despite that, springtime flowers decorate the Sonoran Desert with a lovely carpet of pink, purple, and yellow flowers. I love seeing the saguaro (pronounced sa-waa-row) cacti looking like…

  • Happy Release Day!

    Happy Release Day!

    Woohoo! Today is release day for book 1 in my Kayla Walsh Mystery-Suspense Trilogy! Kayla ignores the red flags that should have kept her from going inside the house, but when she does, her life forever shatters … along with the window through which a brutal home invader throws her. Two years later, she dumps…

  • My Christmas Gift to You!

    My Christmas Gift to You!

    To show my appreciation for you this holiday season, I’d like to give you a digital copy of my latest book, Hidden No More. It’s about a local TV news anchor, Amelee Hodgins. On the day her greatest love leaves her for a younger woman—and takes her treasured dog with him—Amelee falls out of her…

  • Thankful!

    Thankful!

    It’s the time of year when many of us think about what makes us feel thankful.

  • Shhh…Don’t Tell Anyone Yet!

    I’ve asked my email subscribers to help me choose the cover for my next book! Beginning in January 2022, I’ll be releasing a trilogy of mystery suspense novellas, and I need to pick a cover for book 1, Nowhere to Hide. The series is about a young woman who dumps witness protection to embark on…

  • YAY!! I’m Celebrating!

    Hello from Washington, D.C. I cannot describe (and I’m a writer who describes things!) how happy I am to finally be out of the house—vacationing with my husband in Washington, D.C. Today we’re on a glorious cruise down the Potomac River on the elegant Spirit of Washington. The food, entertainment, and weather are perfect! Yesterday…

  • Want an Amazon Gift Card?

    Thank you so much to all my Book Buddies who made the launch of Choir Loft Murder my most successful yet! I don’t know how I can repay you, other than offer two different ways you can enter to win a $15 or $25 Amazon gift card. Both of them expire on September 11, so…