Instead of an author interview and book giveaway this week, I am offering up a few sneak peek pictures from our photo shoot earlier this week for Restoring Harmony. If you've been here before, then you probably know all about the fabulous Sarah Tradewell and how she...

Actually, it's not me that will be in the photos, so I'm not technically ready for any close-up. I'm very excited to say that tomorrow we (and by we, I mean I'll mostly be cooking for everyone else and other people will be doing) are doing the photo shoot for the...

It may seem like I've been slacking off by not posting all week, but actually, I've been building suspense. You knew I'd have to have something really good if I waited this long to post, didn't you? Well...I do have excellent plans! I would like to announce my new...

One of the most common reactions I get when people ask me when my book is coming out is, "Why does it take so long?" The truth is, if you're the writer, you're pretty busy during most of that eighteen months (average) that it takes from purchase to publication, so...

A tweet I made on Twitter sparked an interesting discussion between Donut Days' author Lara Zielin and myself yesterday. Read about it here on her website. Lara and I have the same editor, and my friend Penny got me her ARC quite a while back, so while we'd never...

It has not escaped me that all my main characters have names that end in the "eee" sound. Molly, Kami, Lexi, Sydney and Jamie. Even though Meg Cabot tells us that authors who say things like, "My characters tell me what to do, I have no control over them" are nuts...

I put the Need To Read page on a summer hiatus (mostly because I've been too busy writing), but here are three books I read recently that I know you want to read. Tango The Tale of an Island Dog (MG) by Eileen Beha - seriously good! This is a read for everyone. It's a...

My editor sent me the final artwork for the cover of my book. This is what it looked like when she first sent it to me, just so I could see it (and post it all over my blog like a crazy girl!). And this is what the final cover looks like. As you can see, the title...

I am taking a blog holiday, but what I’ve done, is go through the archives and pick a few somewhat random posts that I thought you might like to see again. (Oh, and unfortunately, the bit about our house being for sale...yeah, wrote this last year and it's still...

I'm on a computer break, but had to drop in w/ my GREAT NEWS! I've been selected as one of the new Debs at The Debutante Ball! More info to come, but click on over to their site now, and check out the news release!

I am taking a blog holiday, but what I've done, is go through the archives and pick a few somewhat random posts that I thought you might like to see again. Enjoy! Today's Featured Author is John Rowe Townsend. I had the great joy of meeting him and his partner, (also...

I am taking a blog holiday, but what I've done, is go through the archives and pick a few somewhat random posts that I thought you might like to see again. Enjoy!  This past weekend I was at a party and there were a lot of people there I didn't know. Through...

I know I just posted a thing about how you should support your indie bookstores, and you should, but I AM ON AMAZON!!!! and you can pre-order my book!!!! No cover art up yet, but yesterday I wasn't there at all! This is really going to happen, isn't it?

I check out blogs. I read comments. And do you know what I seem to see over and over, despite the evidence to the contrary? New writers still seem to believe it's who you know that will land you that agent or that publishing deal. Over at The Debutante Ball, they are...

Ever want to run away with the circus? Well, an old time circus came to our island last night. Amazing! Check out a gorgeous photo here and read more about it. Ideas are brewing...

Since Need To Read is on a summer hiatus, and this is adult fiction, I thought I'd just write about it here on the main blog. I won this book in a contest over at The Debutante Ball. I was a little nervous about reading it because A) I'm hoping to become one of the...