Kat Von D signing
Saturday was the Kat Von D signing at Barnes and Noble. I got there about a half an hour before the emails I’d received from both B&N and Booktour.com said it was going to start. And it was...
View ArticleYou can’t force the process…relax and enjoy it.
This has been my in-between week. I finished a project last week, including revisions. I have three deadlines between now and November, but I’ve carefully charted each project on my handy calendar and...
View ArticleWhen books arrive
Something people ask me a lot in interviews is how it feels to see your book on the shelf or to get the first copy. Do I celebrate? Things like that. My answer is usually that I don’t. I toasted when...
View ArticleHappy Decoration Day…
I grew up in southern Missouri and Decoration Day was one of my favorite holidays. Never heard of it? Maybe you call it Memorial Day. Technically today at least, Decoration Day might not be held ON...
View ArticleWhen I was little…
Over the past five or so years I’ve found myself saying this…anyone else? I feel all dirty and cliche when I do, but seriously, it is darn funny how we (humans) can find something to complain about no...
View ArticleAnimals and books…
I did a panel a few months back about animals in fiction…or something like that. It was a surprisingly full room with surprisingly lively interaction between panel and attendees. But then again, maybe...
View ArticleChasing Life down the street
Anyone else feel like they are chasing life down the street? That it’s moving ahead of you a bit more every day? I didn’t used to feel this way. I think it’s the kids…who knew they came with such...
View ArticleDump, dump, dump, dump…
You probably don’t know it, but a dump is a great thing if you are an author. It means you got one of those special little cardboard display things just for you in some store (hopefully many stores)....
View ArticleMy office…my life…me
My office is featured over at Lisa Renee Jones’ blog today. I have to say you can tell a lot about me by looking at my wall and that isn’t really a coincidence. When I was young I read a book where a...
View ArticleWitch Stones!
Since I was a child, I’ve had a bit of an obsession with rocks. I think this mainly had to do with growing up in an area with some spectacular rocks to collect. My favorites were what we called sparkly...
View ArticleMidnight Texas, who is watching?
WARNING: THERE MAY BE SMALL SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN’T WATCHED YET. The kids and I have started watching Midnight Texas. Although the IMBD page lists the “creator” as Monica Breen… all of us readers know...
View ArticleThor: Ragnarok
Let us all pause and say it again… THOR… RAGNAROK. Have you seen it? Have you seen the other Thor movies? If not…. WHY NOT? So I’ve been watching from the beginning. Honestly, before I even made the...
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