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Most of my belongings are currently sitting in a storage unit. They’ve been there since October. That’s when I started a new job in a new city, and had to empty out my three bedroom house to move into the spare room at my dad’s while I wait for said house to sell (I can afford a mortgage payment and I can afford rent, but definitely not at the same time).

In the past four months, out of a whole storage unit of supplies, the only thing I’ve really and truly missed is my food processor. That...

Going zero-waste is totally daunting, and is a process. For someone like me who needs instant gratification, this is incredibly frustrating. But I have found some easy ways to cut back my carbon footprint, all the while saving a little money.

These five tips won’t turn back time on the doomsday clock (Cher, I am not), but every action helps. And, if you can help the planet and your wallet all at the same time, all the better, right?

Shop thrift stores. Whether it’s furniture or clothes, the l...

Coming soon to you: writing advice, green living tips, and at least one good typo per week that will make you question taking writing advice from me.

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It has been quite a year. And it’s only May 3.

In February, I said goodbye to my grandpa. He was 82 and just a hell of a guy.I didn’t realize it until a few years ago, but my papaw was a Taurus. And, I know a lot of people think astrology is crap, but I swear when I realized that he was a Taurus, it was like all the pieces just fit together. Stubborn, loyal, determined, practical… Papaw was all of those. But especially stubborn. As his granddaughter and as a fellow Taurus, the apple doesn’t f...

Last weekend, I was fortunate enough to not only be an author at the Southern Kentucky Book Fest, I was also able to participate on a romance panel with Molly Harper and Liz Johnson. The panel was absolutely fantastic, and the moderator amazing. I didn’t get to speak much with Liz (she seemed incredibly sweet, though!), but I sat next to Molly all day and, though she may deny it, I’m sure I drove her to within an inch of her sanity.

It was during that romance panel that I realized what made m...

So, if you follow me on Twitter or like my page on Facebook (those are not requests, much like The Beast inviting Belle to dinner WAS NOT A REQUEST!)…

…then you probably know that the third book (which can be read as a stand-alone) in the Always the Bridesmaid series is now available for preorder! That’s right. Always the Luck is now fi...

Without me sounding like a sad drunk girl, I just want to say that I’m not the kind of girl that has her drinks purchased for her by gentlemen in bars. And that’s okay because I listened to “Independent Women” by Destiny’s Child more than once in eighth grade and I can say with pride that I’m able to “throw my hands up” at Beyonce because I “really feel” her. Plus, I’ve never been roofied. Win-win. And, don’t get me wrong, there has been a singular occasion when a guy did in fact buy me a dri...

First, let me say that I have no problem with online dating. The stigma that online dating is only for weirdos and serial killers is antiquated and needs to stop. I know many well-adjusted non-murderers that have met their significant others online. Others have met one-night-stands and bad dates but the important thing to remember is that they all lived to tell the tale.

Now that I have that disclaimer out of the way…

Online dating scares the bejeezus out of me.

I don’t know what it’s like fo...

I haven’t updated this shit in like three months. I’d like to say that I have spent that time in a constructive manner. You know, writing books, exercising, eating healthy. But I discovered that binge watching Parks and Rec, Bob’s Burgers, the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt while eating so much popcorn that I had to take a break because my mouth was raw from all the popcorn salt I was consuming was a better use of my time.

But some cool things are happening. Namely the Southern Kentucky Book Fest....