Amy's Latest Blog Posts

Want to go swimming with me? I grew up on the beach and never thought twice about getting into the water as a kid. I was East Coast Editor of SURFER Magazine, and never hesitated to catch some tasty waves,...

Enter the Pineapple Challenge and WIN! To celebrate the launch of Pineapple Jailbird (Pineapple Port Mystery #8) on March 25th I'm running a Pineapple Challenge and giving away a ton of stuff! (Be sure you're...

How cute is Harley!!? Dog Sitting a Hamster My own baby, Gordon Labradoodle, passed away Dec. 6, 2017, which I never mentioned because I'm still a disaster over losing him. So, for over a year now, I've...

I'm rushing around today but I didn't want you all to miss this!! I'm spilling over with giveaways and specials today... We've made this special thriller/suspense series free (but hurry)! Click to get...

My Interview on ConversationsLIVE I was featured on the ConversationsLIVE podcast hosted by Cyrus Webb - and I was in good company! He's interviewed a lot of writers, musicians and television...

Dancing the night away... Well, I had an interesting weekend! Our realtor here in Jupiter, Florida (Jill Byers Geraci, who is awesome and has become a great friend-I highly recommend her!) took us to Uncle...

Snake Attack!! Okay, not really but it was kind of exciting there for a second, wasn't it? I'm about to make you feel better about snow. Last week for the "Name the Python" contest I had to use a stock...

Name the Python Contest! It's time for me to pick something in the upcoming Pineapple Jailbird (Pineapple Port Mysteries #8) for you to name! How about a snake?! In this book, Charlotte, Declan and the...

Pineapple 8 is coming... Cover Reveal! If you're a fan (or very much NOT a fan) of the calculating, crazy-ex Stephanie in my Pineapple Port Mystery series.... boy, you're going to love Pineapple 8:...

We're coming for you, Amy... I need one of you to leave your house in Juno/Jupiter Beach, FL, please. Mike and I are in Florida house hunting, which isn't half as fun as HGTV pretends it is. While my Navy...

Kilty As Sin - RELEASED! (and Kilty As Charged FREE!) Start the top-rated Kilty mystery-thriller-romance series for FREE with Kilty as Charged free until January 12... PLUS NEW RELEASE $1 off - Kilty As...

Christmas in Pineapple Port Pineapple Port, the 55+ community featured in my Pineapple Port Mysteries  is a real place with a different name and I spent Christmas there this year with my mother-in-law (aka...

I'm Building an Army...You earn gifts! I mentioned last week that I'm trying to GROW the reader audience for my AuthorsXP.com web site (picture makes sense now, doesn't it?) -- more readers mean more author...

Don't Go Towards the Light, Amy! I bought a motion activated light for my closet and for the first time in years I can actually see my clothes in my poorly lit room.  (Poorly lit because we bought an awesome...

Flat Bread & Mint Jello Mmm. Yum. I don't know if it will eat me before I eat it. I've failed making bread two out of three times now. Seems you never really run out of ways to kill yeast. The first...

Winners of the Fashion Line Contest & a Cover Reveal Got a bunch of great entries for the fashion line contest, so I'm going to announce them AND show you the cover for the next Kilty book Kilty as...

Pineapple Gingerbread Men (Pineapple Port Mysteries #7) - Is LIVE! 99c through Nov. 6! Feels like Pineapple Gingerbread Men has been on pre-order forever, but it's live now on Amazon! Free on Kindle...

Name the Fashion Line Contest! I'm cruising along writing Kilty as Sin - the fourth Kilty novel (romantic suspense, thrills, humor...and a strapping Highlander in modern day!) and it's time for me to pick...

My Foot-in-Mouth Disease The other day I came back from running an errand to find an unfamiliar car in the driveway. I knew we had a guy coming over to give us a quote on a new HVAC system---so no big...

Big Kilty Sale! FIRST BOOK FREE, NEW THIRD BOOK .99c OCTOBER 8-11th! If you're a Pineapple Port fan but you wish it was just a little more edgy, you will LOVE my Kilty series! It has a touch of paranormal,...