I used to think of myself as a modern woman. After all, I have a lot of technical gadgets...and I even know how to use a couple of them. But in my world of organizing, whether it's outlining mysteries where I have to weave together plot lines about flying donkeys and...

I went downtown today to get some inspiration. San Diego's downtown has the Gaslamp Quarter, which is straight out of our wild west days. Now that I'm inspired, back to work!

I bought it. I guess I need to use it?

A lot goes into making a funny, light read. For the Matchmaker Marriage Mysteries, I outline different plot lines, including the murder plot, the romance, the town's happenings, and various crazy stuff that happens throughout. And everything has to tie together in...

My dog Dolly likes to judge me while I'm writing. I'm thinking she's saying: "You're no Jana Deleon." But maybe she's just wondering if I'll feed her an extra meal.

This is my desk just before I start writing a new book. Ahhhh....it's almost clean and organized. It's a brief moment in time. In a few days, after I start writing, all the clean will be gone and all the organized will be gone. But Gladie will be running rampant, so I...