Just Released!

Book 9 of the Flynn’s Crossing Romantic Suspense Series is now available at Amazon.com

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Meet Yvonne at the 7th Annual NW Book Festival

Want to meet the author? Yvonne will be at the 7th Annual NW Book Festival, Booth 18 Saturday, July 25 from 11 am to 5 pm Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland, OR Stop by and say hello! More information at the festival website.

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What Contests Mean to Us

It’s difficult to separate your creative work from your own self. In your mind, this translates into “What if they don’t like ME?”

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Sistas of the Heart

I’ve recently been lucky enough to spend time with various sistas of my tribes.  Yes, it’s spelled that way for a reason.  A sister is your official blood relative.  A SISTA is one you’ve chosen to become part of your family. What makes them special to me?  Their caring, supportive and fun natures.  Their contributions…

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Yearning and Desire

Need.  Want.  Yearning.  Desire.  Do those words resonate with you?  The emotion is even engraved on the Statue of Liberty.  “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…”  (Thank you, Emma Lazarus.)  Yearning is part of our psychic, and yet many of us never think about how it drives our…

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Dear Contractor – How to Communicate with Women

It isn’t a large space, and there weren’t particularly thorny issues to deal with.  Few demolition or construction surprises.  But five months to renovate a kitchen only proves that while men and women are from two different planets, contractors are in a different solar system. I love our guys and gals.  For the most part,…

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