About Me

To best use the availability of my fiction writing/creative time (necessary for my mental health, even when I don’t make money at it, and my idea of profit may not be the same as yours) and to manage having a personal life with all the work and enjoyment that entails, I often pre-write blog posts and schedule them to publish on certain days. That’s more likely to happen on “theme” days: Button Sunday, Mood Monday, and Tiny Tuesday. I can’t do it for Photo Friday, because the photo theme is set by that site’s owners and is usually available around midnight on Thursday, when if I’m lucky, I’m asleep.

This is to say that whatever is going on in the outside world, a post may publish in the middle of the night that makes it seem like I’m oblivious.

I’m never oblivious, even if I sometimes wish it could be true.

This is a dog- and toy-friendly blog. It’s random, even when I impose order on it. It’s whatever I see or read or think or am doing on any given day. I post every day as a way of keeping up with the years. As I get older, having a little recap helps fill in the memory gaps. Thank you for reading here, and I enjoy reading your comments, thoughts, and reactions.

CURRENTLY: In 2019, I made the decision to rewrite fiction I began when I was a teenager, addressed again in my early twenties, and once more in my thirties. At that point, I wrote three novels that had common connections but focused on different characters. When those characters began surfacing in my thoughts in 2019, I wondered how their stories would change based on how I’ve changed through the decades. It turns out: A LOT. The first novel, that in earlier years was rewritten at least three times, has now turned into a series of seven novels, and counting. Turns out my characters had far more detailed/complex lives than I’d ever explored, and I fell and fell hard for them, the good and the not-so-good. They’re more layered, their stories more nuanced, and they surprise me all the time. I think this happened because after co-writing fiction with other writers who ALSO surprised me, I became less rigid about my writing and more willing to let storytelling happen organically.

I don’t know if this series will ever be appealing to a publisher, and I don’t care. When I think the novels are ready, I’ll find a way to make them available to any interested readers.

About my previous work: I write fiction. My novel A COVENTRY CHRISTMAS, a contemporary romance, was released in October 2006. My second solo effort, A COVENTRY WEDDING, was released in January 2009. Both books are from Zebra.

My Timothy James Beck writing partners and I wrote IT HAD TO BE YOU, HE’S THE ONE, I’M YOUR MAN, SOMEONE LIKE YOU, and WHEN YOU DON’T SEE ME (all from Kensington).

My writing partner Timothy J. Lambert and I wrote THE DEAL, published by Alyson in 2004, and THREE FORTUNES IN ONE COOKIE (under the name Cochrane Lambert, from Alyson, 2005).

Timothy and I also edited these anthologies of romantic stories from brilliant veteran and new writers: FOOL FOR LOVE: NEW GAY FICTION, (February 2009), FOOLISH HEARTS: New Gay Fiction (January 2014), and BEST GAY ROMANCE 2014 (February 2014), all from Cleis Press.

About my life: In 2015 my husband and I packed up our possessions and loved ones and moved from The Compound to Houndstooth Hall. We have four quirky dogs–little Anime, who is always full of love and happiness even with her Addison’s disease; the delightful dachshund Delta, who we adopted in early 2016 and who loves Uma Thurmond; Just Jack, who makes every other dog look well-behaved by comparison–he’s complicated; and Eva Ruby, a batshit crazy chihuahua who sings like Mariah Carey on helium. We lost our beautiful Margot in November 2015 and sweet Guinness in September 2016. Though they are no longer with us, we’re grateful for the many years of loyalty and companionship they gave us.

The property also includes our family in Fairy Cottage, where Debby lives with her pup Stewie, and Fox Den, home of Timothy J. Lambert and his dog Pollock “LG” Lambert.

In 2020, I was laid off from my job of six years because of Covid 19, so now I practice social distancing and use my time to write more fiction.

This is a site for tolerance. Comments are always welcome but I reserve the right to delete anything that expresses a view of intolerance, hate, or extreme discourtesy. Play nice.

17 thoughts on “About Me”

    1. Awww, thanks! Will there be chocolate on the pillows?

      You just made me aware that I need to change this “About Me” page. If only the new place had a name…

  1. I stumbled across your site today. It’s been a long time since I visited. I’m glad I did today. I have missed you.
    Love from an old friend in Alabama.

  2. Well I must say hello ….I read your ????writing’s / thoughts /feelings…..from time to time cause ………..well it takes me back to a place i wish i could go to and stay there and grow old in ………. I want to say so much but all I’ll say is …an aries doesn’t know everything trust me we figure it out…..

    Signed, 02/08
    2015

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