Welcome! I am so honored that you’ve come to visit! Whether you’re here because you’re a fan of my writing, interested in working with me, or are a friend or family member (Hi Aunt Marie!), I hope you enjoy the site.
I invite you to peruse all the pages to enjoy my articles, info about my books, giveaways, even recipes and book reviews!
Books
NEW RELEASE! UNEXPECTING! Tons of celebrating going on… Join the fun! CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE BLOG TOUR PAGE WHERE ALL OF THE BELOW EVENTS ARE HAPPENING!
- Live launch party: April 18 in Raleigh, NC area!
- Enormous blog tour with interviews, reviews, & tons of book giveaways!
- Enter to win a Kindle Fire!
- ANOTHER chance to win $100 Amazon Cash OR a Kindle Fire… winner’s choice!
- Barrage of Books giveaway: Win tote bags filled with top authors’ signed books!
- $20 Amazon Gift Card giveaway!
“Unexpecting”: Shelley and David are a couple of almost-empty-nesters preparing to embark on the next stage of their lives. They just ordered white furniture and planned the vacation they’ve waited their entire lives to take when Alexandra, seventeen and pregnant, shows up on their doorstep and announces that she’s the daughter they never knew they had! Learn more and/or read the first chapter free here!
“Momnesia”: Struggling between her “momminess” and her “sexiness,” an unconventional suburban mom diagnoses herself with Momnesia and sets about finessing a new version of her old vivaciousness! Click here to learn more, buy the book, or read the first 2 chapters free!
“Everything You Need to Know About House Training Puppies and Adult Dogs”: Whether you have a puppy who is first learning, an older dog with ongoing confusion, or simply want to teach your pet to use a designated area, this book answers literally every questions about housebreaking dogs! Click here to learn more, buy the book, or read three free sample chapters!


















Please let me know if you’re looking for a article writer for your blog. You have some really good articles and I feel I would be a good asset. If you ever want to take some of the load off, I’d love to write some material for your blog in exchange for a link back to mine. Please send me an e-mail if interested. Thank you!
Heya! I’m at work surfing around your blog from my new iphone! Just wanted to say I love reading your blog and look forward to all your posts! Carry on the fantastic work!
Admiring the time and effort you put into your website and detailed information you provide.
It’s great to come across a blog every once in a while that isn’t the same out of date rehashed material.
Great read! I’ve bookmarked your site and I’m including your RSS feeds to my Google account.
Your new site is looking great! I can imagine it was getting to be a bit much working on 5 sites. Looking forward to your posts.
Thanks Jess! Yes, originally my thought was to keep all the separate areas of my life/expertise, um, separate. But over time they started integrating anyway and it did become too much! Thanks for visiting… stay tuned!
This blog is really interesting. The articles about the dog training was really good and informative. Your idea of bringing all the sites together is really wonderful. I would like to read more articles. But now busy with my pets.
Nice site, Lori. I also checked out your Amazon link. Let me know when you write a book about how to train a cat.
Thanks Barry… glad you like it! My cat says to tell you that he would never allow such a thing but that he’d be happy to write a book on how to train humans!
Congratulations! And Gramnesia sounds fun too.
Hi Lori,
Nice blog. Following from WLC
Howdy are using WordPress for your blog platform?
I’m new to the blog world but I’m trying to get started and create my own.
Do you need any coding knowledge to make your own blog?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Nice blog right here! Also your site quite a bit up fast!
What web host are you using? Can I get your associate link in your host?
I want my web site loaded up as fast as yours lol
Congrats!!
I think the admin of this site is in fact working hard for his web
page, because here every information is quality based information.
New to the blog world, Congrats
Thanks for visiting and commenting, all you lovely people!
New follower via the TGIF Blog Hop! I have seen your book Unexpecting mentioned a few times on Facebook. If you would be interested in having another blogger do a review or giveaway I’d be happy too. Have a fabulous weekend! Hope you get lots of followers from the hop!
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