Winter Wonderland...where the ideas come

I’m a big believer in getting outside. Don’t get me wrong, I love a couch and a good book as much as anyone, but when I’m struggling with a plot or a scene isn’t working out the way I’d intended, I know it’s time to get outside.

And these crisp, clear Montana winter days are wonderful for helping me clear my head and find my way in a book. These two sweet girls, Lucy and Scotia, help a ton, too!

White Out in its natural habitat

It’s a strange thing to have a cold, snowy thriller coming out in July, but my husband and I took the earliest copies to Yellowstone National Park (which is as majestic in the winter as it is in the summer). Here, we took a long cross country ski and stopped to take pictures of White Out. Beautiful, isn’t she? Oh, yeah, Yellowstone, too. ;)