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  • Launching LITTLE MILESTONES Today, my newest novel…

    October 22, 2019 /

    *** Okay, my friends, today, my newest novel, LITTLE MILESTONES is official and is on the market through Amazon (coming in days to Barnes & Noble). While this is not a true sequel to Inn Significant, it does tap into those characters as they become a part of Little Milestones and the lives of Olivia and Nan. The new book is set in beautiful St. Michaels, Maryland, and as you may have surmised, I have a slight obsession with the Eastern Shore. There are also some scenes in Annapolis because I love my home state so much. * I think of all the books I’ve written, this one has made…

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    Fashion Friday

    January 24, 2020

    What I’m Writing Now (or my current WIP)

    May 14, 2020

    Podcast 13 – Ideas to Help Foster Creativity During This Crisis

    April 6, 2020
  • Update on My (currently unnamed) WIP

    February 17, 2019 /

    On Friday night, I reached over 71,000 words on my #WIP (work in progress). I can’t even begin to tell you how much I love the direction change I made with this story back in December. Now, the novel has glue and a backbone and characters I wish were my friends. I still have a way to go, but it makes me so happy to sit down and write when I’m writing about places I love and I can live vicariously through my characters. I took this lovely photo back in September in Oxford when, in the name of research, I spent time in both #oxfordmd and #stmichaelsmd. I can’t…

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    Acceptable “B” Words for a BETTER You

    January 8, 2016

    Podcast 19: Perseverance, Queries & Writing that First Draft

    July 21, 2020
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    Fictography For Old Time’s Sake and as a Teaching Tool: Back Home

    March 12, 2019
  • Don’t Forget to Put Some Books Under the Tree This Season

    December 11, 2018 /

      For more about these books, visit the tab about my books, or visit my AMAZON AUTHOR PAGE. Click here. And thank you!

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    Vlogging about the Writing Life—Connecting Inn Significant & Little Milestones

    November 18, 2019

    Christmas Supper Club

    December 20, 2015

    Inspired by Joanna Gaines and Fixer Upper on HGTV

    April 4, 2016
  • If You’re Going To Call Me A Name, Let It Be This

    January 18, 2017 /

    I’m 5’1″. I’ve been called short before, and a lot of other names, too, that I’d rather not recall. Nobody’s perfect. But now that I’m all grown up (debatable), if you are going to call me a name, let these words roll off your tongue: That girl is a hopeless romantic. That’s a nomenclature I hold in the highest esteem. I find the terminology particularly flattering, for in doing my research on what it means to truly be a HOPELESS ROMANTIC, these are the findings: Hopeless Romantics are NOT hopeless. Not at all. They tend to be very true, caring, and loving people. They believe in passion, chivalry, and true…

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    Podcast #3 – Writing the Preliminary Synopsis

    January 20, 2020

    The Thing That Connects Us

    December 14, 2019

    Happy Easter!

    April 12, 2020
  • Coming in February: Inn Significant, A Novel

    December 27, 2016 /

    *** INN SIGNIFICANT by Stephanie Verni…Coming in January. What if three weeks after suffering a miscarriage, you faint and find yourself on the floor of your own home’s cold foyer, and as you regain consciousness, you have to acknowledge the horrible news that was relayed to you moments ago by two police officers: that your husband of ten years—the love of your life—was tragically killed by a tractor-trailer on the slick, rainy interstate? Two years after receiving the horrifying news of her husband Gil’s death, Milly Foster continues to struggle to find her way out of a state of depression. As a last-ditch effort and means of intervention, Milly’s parents…

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    Fashion Friday

    January 24, 2020

    Meeting People at Baltimore Book Festival

    September 28, 2015
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    When An Idea Hits You, You Jump [for joy]

    November 29, 2017
  • Autumn is Always a Good Time to Fall into a Story

    November 9, 2015 /

     My first novel, Beneath the Mimosa Tree, takes place primarily from September through New Year’s Eve. I’ve always loved the season of autumn, so I decided to set the scene in beautiful Annapolis, Maryland, my hometown. When one of my dear friends and mentors told me that Annapolis came to life on the pages and was like another character in the book, I felt like a million bucks. While the overall theme of the novel is forgiveness, my hope is that you’ll fall as much in love with Annapolis as I did so many years ago.

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    Travel, Interrupted

    January 2, 2019

    Hat Obsessed

    October 26, 2015

    Kissing My 40s Goodbye

    August 16, 2015
  • Readers Share Baseball Girl on Social Media

    March 13, 2015 /

    I said this earlier in the week, and I mean every bit of it: I am touched by my friends and supporters. Thank you so much for helping a little independent author like me get the word out there. It’s word of mouth, sharing on social media, pinning, and talking it up that are seriously the best promotional tools for any indie author. Please know how much I value your support, encouragement, and kind words. As a quick tribute to those who have helped promote the news of Baseball Girl, I thought I would share some of the photos they have been sharing on social media. I’m truly tickled by…

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    Baseball = Love : Reflections on Ripken, Gehrig, and 2131; Baseball Girl Receives an Award; and Thoughts on Moments in Time

    September 1, 2015
  • “Baseball Girl” Is Now Available

    March 6, 2015 /

    * * * After almost three years in the making, my new novel entitled Baseball Girl, is now available for purchase on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The follow-up novel to Beneath the Mimosa Tree is another contemporary romance that uses baseball as a backdrop. The story revolves around Francesca Milli, whose father passes away when she’s a freshman in college and nineteen years old; she is devastated and copes with his death by securing a job working for the Bay City Blackbirds, a big-league team, as she attempts to carry on their traditions and mutual love for the game of baseball. The residual effect of loving and losing her…

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    Happy Halloween!

    October 31, 2015

    Opening The Door to Love or Closing the Door to Love

    February 12, 2016

    BOOKISH — Sunday Book Festival and Monday Book Talk on the Docket

    September 25, 2015
  • The Final Trailer for Baseball Girl

    January 9, 2015 /

    Happy Friday, everyone! Today, I’m posting the trailer for my upcoming novel Baseball Girl, which will be released next month. While it’s certainly a contemporary romance, it’s also about the love a girl has for her father, with baseball as the perfect backdrop. Enjoy, and I hope you have a lovely weekend!

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  • Four Things I Learned In Miami at the Readers’ Favorite Awards

    November 19, 2012 /

    * * * Sometimes when my students do an intense assignment, when they’ve completed it, I ask them to write a reflection, typically in the form of a reflective essay. When we sit in peace after we’ve experienced something, it allows us time to be creative and think about what it all meant to us. I’ve decided to do the same about my trip to receive the Readers’ Favorite Bronze Medal that my first novel, Beneath the Mimosa Tree, won for Contemporary Romance. Reflection #1: I am lucky. As I was flying to Miami, I had a few moments to consider what’s happened to the book since it launched in…

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  • Upcoming Events…Come and see me!

    August 6, 2012 /

    September is right around the corner, and there are lots of events on the docket. It will be a busy month as I continue promoting BENEATH THE MIMOSA TREE. I’ve had a lot of support from friends & colleagues, local businesses and groups, and students–both current and former. Here’s a list of events I’ll be attending in September, so I hope to see you around town. * * * SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 — Greetings & Readings Book Signing, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Greetings & Readings, Hunt Valley, MD Greetings & Readings, Event & Author Link * * * SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 — METAvivor’s 3rd Annual Author’s Luncheon, 11 a.m.…

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  • Book ‘Em Danno: Making New Friends Through Book Club Visits

    July 19, 2012 /

    The support I’ve received for “Beneath the Mimosa Tree” has been overwhelming. From former students writing and publishing articles about the novel in local newspapers, to friends emailing me about how much they enjoyed it, to people recommending the book on Facebook or Goodreads, to book clubs asking me to attend their meetings, it’s been heartwarming. Truly. Then, add on top of it that “Beneath the Mimosa Tree” has been awarded a Finalist Award for Contemporary Fiction in Readers Favorite’s annual contest, and I’ve got a whole lot of warm and fuzziness going on right now. The Annapolis Book Bag Ladies and Cover Girls meetings, along with my colleague Leeanne’s…

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    Baseball = Love : Reflections on Ripken, Gehrig, and 2131; Baseball Girl Receives an Award; and Thoughts on Moments in Time

    September 1, 2015
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