The Countdown Begins!

It’s official! I have a pub date for my book Restoring Harmony. It is May 13, 2010. Yay! I have also handed off the final edits to my editor. All that is left are the copy edits and then it is out of my hands. We’ve even done the catalogue copy. It’s...

SOS – Save Our (indie) Stores

As you might know, I’m originally from Portland, Oregon. I know things are hard all over for indie bookstores, but this notice in Publishers Marketplace distressed me enough to bring it to your attention. Portland, OR-area bookseller Stephanie Griffin closed her...

I’m guest blogging today

I am excited to say that I did a guest blog today over at Darcy Pattison’s website. She teaches the best workshop on novel revision ever! And she now has a book out too. Anyway, read what I have to say about the road to publication here:...

Summer Vacation

Hiya! Just a quick note to say that Need To Read is on a summer hiatus. You’d think that I’d be reading more, not less in the summer, and I actually am, but I’m not really reading things that apply to NTR. I am reading some adult fiction, some ARCs...