Lessons From Mom

My mother and I have a funny relationship. We are both very territorial, so consequently, we get along better when we've got a little d...

The Mothers In My Life

It took me all of two seconds to recall the first mother I wrote. But a few minutes longer to call up the old manuscript she appeared in via...

In Memory of my Mom.

My mom passed away several years ago but I can still hear her, still see her in my mind's eye. She was a natural red head, blue eyes, da...

My Mum - a Mothers Day tribute

It's Mothers day Down Under on Sunday the 13th of May. I'm not sure if Mothers Day falls on the same day in other parts of the world...

Backlist Bonanza Book of the Week

I'm having a Bonanza! Each week I'm choosing one of my books to highlight. I'm starting off with my first published story: For m...

I'm A Writer, So Why Am I So Poor???

My husband is going to kill me if he ever reads this post. But since having that happen is as miraculous as the Second Coming, I think I...

There Be Castles in My Hometown!

I don't know about the rest of you, but I've had a fascination for fairy tales since I was a child. Maybe it's my mom's faul...

Contest Win!

I found out Thursday I'd placed second in the Polar Passions Contest sponsored by the Alaskan RWA Chapter. Of course, I knew I'd ent...

Announcing....

I've been busy with a kazillion things so haven't had a chance to think about an article for the blog. Mea culpa. However, I thought...

Inspiration

One of the things I love and hate about being a writer is that just about everything gives me ideas. They come at me from all directions all...

Soul of a Hunter excerpt

My heroines tend to be the tortured characters, rather than the heroes . But it's the heroes who stand by their side when the going get...

Explore Infinite Worlds!

Bernadette's first print anthology is now available! Infinite Worlds by Bernadette Gardner ISBN-13: 978-1-60272-998-8 (Paperback) Genres...

ZOMG WOW!

I checked my calendar this morning and wanted to kick myself because I missed my blog day (in my defense, it was Kindergarten Registration d...

Rescue Vous?

While driving home over the mountains and through the woods with the radio off (and praying for all I was worth my car would survive the tri...

My favorite topic - heroes

I’m an avid Red Wings Hockey fan. I love watching the boys and especially now in the playoffs, it’s a real treat. I don’t care if they win o...

Cyber Stress

I've always felt I'm a little before my time. Since I was a kid I thought of myself as Future Girl, sort of caught living in the pas...

Excerpt Time!

Well, it's theme week again here at Star-Crossed, and this week's theme is a random paged excerpt. I chose my excerpt from page 14 ...

Random Page!

Hi all! The theme this week - Random Page. So here is a page from my Latest release, Love's beguiling Healer. First, this is the blurb o...

Random Page - By A Silken Thread

To herald the new release I have coming in July from Triskelion Publishing, I chose to excerpt from By A Silken Thread, rather than a work i...

Random Page from BELIEVE IN ME

I started this post at 8:52 a.m., and since the manuscript doesn’t have 852 pages, I’m posting page 85 from BELIEVE IN ME. Blurb: Go-to-girl...

Random page from Siren's Call

Hey all! I've chosen a page at 7.13pm (UK time) so it'll be from page 13 of my latest release, Siren's Call . Blurb: United Alli...

Random Page Blog from Altered Destiny

How lucky can you get? Page 147 was the start of a chapter :D though I'll admit I included the last five or six words that went on the n...