I know — your first reaction is, “Impossible. Attorneys who double dip?!?!” Actually, this double-dipping doesn’t involve funds. Pages of ethics rules and opinions exist that restrict that kind of action. This involves clients. In Houston, there are two sets of attorneys who filed wrongful death suits for the same client. There are even allegations that the two firms have …

This morning my first interview is up. Yep, an interview with me. You’re chance to learn all kinds of details about why I started writing again a year ago. Sabrina Fox posted it on her blog Hijinks from the Heartland and did a great job with it. Sabrina has become a very good friend since last year when we were …

An Interesting new study was published in the September 8, 2006, issue of Science. Two researchers delved into whether people who have done something unethical — aka sinned — are more likely to want to clean up than those who haven’t fallen. The authors summarize their findings this way: “Daily hygiene routines such as washing hands, as simple and benign …

A thought for the day: Believe in God like you believe in the sunrise. Not because you can see it, but because you can see all it touches. — C. S. Lewis

If you’re a board of director for a large Fortune 500 company, should you expect other directors to investigate you and unearth your phone records? I think most of us would say NO. However, that’s what’s happened at Hewlett Packard. Investigators hired by board members impersonated other board members and obtained phone records with partial social security numbers. The new …

In January there was a huge flap in publishing about a non-fiction memoir that wasn’t. James Frey had sold A Million Little Pieces as a true account of his life, but an enterprising reporter got to work and proved that many of the stories in the book were just that — stories. Today the New York Times announced that Random …

I asked Trish to tell us a bit more about how she developed Kara as a character. I have to admit I love the name she choose! Here are Trish’s thoughts. Enjoy! When Kara came into existence, she was originally the heroine’s sidekick, because I actually wrote the follow-up book, Too Good to Be True, first. My publisher decided to …

The Chicago Times recently ran this photo. Someone had a lot of fun creating this billboard. The golden arches move along the array of eating options depending on the time of day. First thing in the morning, it lands on the coffee and by noon it’s on the Big Mac. It makes me hungry just looking at it!

Last week I picked up this book expecting to spend a minute or two in it, and then put it down till I had more time. That plan lasted for the first fifteen pages. By then I could relate to the main character Kara (great name isn’t it!). A smart yet klutzy gal, she stumbles into a cafe that’s under …

And I’m addicted to email. At least that’s what my husband tells me. Repeatedly. At least three times a night lately. Does anyone else have this problem? Please tell me I’m not alone. You see we have one computer with internet access. My laptop is too old and fried for such new fangled things, though it does just fine with …