A Writer’s Life

Desperate for a little more sleep, I decided to do something about the fact that my five-year-old doesn’t stay in her own bed and wakes me up every single night at least three times.

I’ve posted about my foray in to making mil folhas, and it didn’t go so well. But I REALLY love these pastries, and I’ve never been a quitter. So I tried again.

My favorite pastries in the world are Portuguese mil folhas. After recently researching them for my novel, Hearts Never Lie, I decided to make these tasty pastries myself.

Lying there in that hospital bed, my strong father was every bit as helpless as a blind little kitten.

I hope you laugh out loud at these funny mistakes. I did! This first picture I took myself.

I was excited when it came time to watch Annie Get Your Gun, but is this the message we want to send our girls?

Can a little girl really eat a mouse? A peek at the pictures behind the illustrations in I Don’t Want to Eat Bugs.

Today my four-year-old daughter told me she loved me . . .

“Tell the Easter Bunny I want my basket hidden really hard,” my daughter said yesterday.

I was interviewed by eBooks India. Here’s a peek at what we discussed.