Rage in the Wilderness (A Nikki Garcia Mystery – Coming in late January) I’m really excited about Nikki’s 5th adventure. This novel takes...

The mountainous terrain of northern New Mexico, where my husband and I spend our summers, makes me aware of J.R.R. Tolkien’s clever way...

This post first appeared in Stiletto Gang on September 5, 2023 Bob and I spend the summers in northern New Mexico. We enjoy the idyllic...

(First published by Stiletto Gang, Aug 2, 2023) Do you ever feel guilty for reading a cozy, a mystery, or a romantic novel instead of...

First published by Stiletto Gang on July 4, 2023. I was 25 years old, the mother of a precious three-year-old son, and I did not hold a...

Walking in our neighborhood recently, I saw an older couple walking their dog. He was not just any dog; he was a Blue Heeler. It brought...

(NOTE: A reader asked me to re-print this blog that was originally published on Stiletto Gang Blog in Oct of 2021) Years ago, when I...

Like so many people before me, I wanted to write. I’d left my corporate job in international finance and moved to Texas, enrolled in a...

In my latest novel, Stolen Diary, I’ve written about the protagonist’s brilliance in math and music. In the story, Jasmin is close to her...

If you’re wondering how Jasmin’s character in Stolen Diary was born, I must return to my childhood, a time when I thought a person, by...

(This blog first appeared in The Stiletto Gang Blog on November 1, 2022) For my fifth Nikki Garcia mystery, Nikki’s brother, Andy, is...

Kathryn’s Blog – Wild Turkeys (In lieu of the Australian Blog) Wildlife mesmerizes me. In the mountains of northern New Mexico, I spend...

Early followers of my Australian blog may remember that my former father-in-law had a movie set in the state of Durango in central...

My latest manuscript is now with my editor. The story is about Jasmin, a young girl who is a math genius, wants to travel into space in...

Without television in the Outback, my family sent me a subscription to Newsweek in an attempt to keep me relatively abreast of the news...

I was usually the only woman on St. Vigeon’s Station. And during the mustering season, the men would be away at camp for weeks at a time,...

Since my early teens, when I was growing up in Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, in northern Mexico, I shared my Then, in true Mexican fashion of...

“Terror on the Roper…” One beautiful, sunny morning during this forced vacation, four of us, including my seven-month-old son, Philip,...

“Solitude in the Outback…” Living in the Outback, I often found myself alone for weeks at a time at the homestead while the men were in...

“Camel Races in the Outback?” “Did you know camels have two rows of eyelashes?” the friendly camel handler asked me, pointing to the I...