Archives for May, 2012

As I troll through the net, I’m always on the lookout for signs that make me grin so that I can share them with you. Here’s the latest batch: This sign is probably the most unnecessary sign I’ve ever read: I hope they post a lot of these signs around Florida during hurricane season. Otherwise, [...]


Don’t groan. I know people get Dickens crammed down their throats in school, and they aren’t keen on him as a result. But the Masterpiece Theater adaptation of The Mystery of Edwin Drood captivated me, and not just because it was an interesting completion of his last, unfinished novel. The part I got sucked in on [...]


How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!  ~Maya Angelou   Please join all the Goddesses on Mt Oly in remembering those who have fallen in service to our country.  


Goddess Lori Handeland’s newest book, ZOMBIE ISLAND, is on the shelves and I have it in my hot little hands. I’ve already dipped my toes in it and let me tell you, this book is chock full of potentially deadly – and sexy – characters. The sexiest creature of all is vampire (yes, sexy vampire) [...]


In the US we have arrived at the first big weekend of summer–Memorial Day. Memorial Day is celebrated on the last Monday of May.  Originally called Decoration Day, this holiday was begun to honor the fallen Union soldiers of the Civil War.  In the 20th century it was expanded to remember all the fallen. Many [...]


My 16th book, Rescue me, will be released Tuesday, the 29th. I can’t believe I’ve written so many books. It seems like a lot to me, but when I think of someone like Nora Roberts, who has written 200, I feel like a slacker. I’m not lazy, but I don’t think anyone would confuse me [...]


In January, I had a diva moment. My publisher took a little bit of time to answer a question, and the answer affected the book I was writing, so I said, a little testily, “that’s all well and good, but I will need at least another month to write this!!!” Harumph.  And they said…”Okay!” As [...]


Before I was published, I thought that on release days all authors sat around in their silk pjs and ate caviar and drank champagne. Later that same day, the author and their friends and family would be flown by private jet to NYC and treated to a huge release party in a posh roof-top restaurant [...]


I’ve been saving this video to share with y’all.  I have it on my computer, my ipad and my phone because it cracks me up.   So here’s a chuckle for you.  I know you were all waiting for an update on Reggie.       And if you enjoyed that laugh, I hope you’ll [...]


Tell us a bit about you!!! 1. City Mouse or Country Mouse? 2. How many books do you read a week? 3. What was the last book you read? 4. What is your favorite color? How often do you wear that color? 5. What’s your favorite beverage? Are you drinking it now? 6. Favorite type [...]


Because first we’re going to give you an appetizer of James McAvoy: And then we’re going to give you a long tall drink of Gerard Butler: And finally, the main entree: Happy FROS, m’dears! May your week be Scot-full!


Last summer, Avon asked me to write a novella of twenty-five-thousand words. I’d done one before in 2001 as part of an anthology. This time, the novella would be a stand-alone work of twenty-five-thousand words and sold as an e-book. I thought about it. Thought about the three months I would have to take out [...]


The writing life leads to a lot of strange interests.  You write a book about a medieval weaver and have to learn everything about natural dyes and various forms of cloth, and so you carry around that knowledge ready to answer trivia at any second.  (Who knows what “woad” is?*  Ten points.  Even better, who [...]


I was in high school and college and graduate school for the entire decade of the 1970s and let me tell you, most movies and TV shows of today get it very wrong. Naturally, I’m talking about the fashions/home decor/hair styles/make-up. You know, the stuff I live for. Sorority Sisters, that wonderful book of mine [...]


I’m a power-napper. I’ve been one since way back. I never “taught” myself to do it; I just did it. In college, I couldn’t function without my afternoon 10-20 minute nap. When I was pregnant, I actually chose an hour lunchtime (my company did flex time), so I could dash home, wolf down lunch, and [...]


I have a new obsession. I’ve had it for awhile, now – since I watched the first episode of “Game of Thrones” on HBO. What a bunch of conniving, back-biting, side-stabbing sons of…guns these people are. But at the same time, it’s just awesome to watch. There are quotes aplenty that I love, like “when [...]


Add THIS: To a swig of THIS: To a pinch of THIS: And stir it with THIS: While ogling THIS: While typing on THIS: And you get THIS: THE TAMING OF A SCOTTISH PRINCESS, COMING MAY 22nd!


Happy Saturday! How could we pass up the chance to play “Caption This Picture” with such an expressive face? So FOUR random captions will be chosen as winners – each getting one book. Up for grabs: Any Man of Mine from Rachel Gibson Chasing Perfect from Susan Mallery Blue Moon from Lori Handeland A Most [...]


Last month marked my four -year Runiversary.  Four years ago, I was out for my daily walk, and I decided (after much phone prodding from my sister), to see if I could run to the end of the block.  I made it, but it required a few moments of gasping and trying to stuff my [...]


I had a blog all written for today, but I tossed it because I received some big news over the weekend and I want to talk about it. My son is getting married! I really like his intended. I am thrilled for them both. I think this is very cool. Of course I immediately started thinking [...]


This week, I was sad for the loss of Maurice Sendak, author and illustrator of Where the Wild Things Are. That book was such a big part of my childhood reading collection that hearing of Sendak’s passing made me a little sad…. and a little nostalgic. It was as if a little bit of my [...]


I’m still basking in the glow of the awesomeness that is The Avengers, so what else would I want to talk about but more movies? I love the summer movie season – the sitting in lines on beach towels and playing UNO to pass the time, the packed theaters, the smell of popcorn and Skittles. [...]


By now, most of you have immersed yourself in two hours of terrific super hero fiction. You’ve admired Captain America’s clean good looks, panted over the bad boy of Iron Man, and shivered at the sheer manly power of Thor. But like all good things, too much can be harmful. For Refreshment Only Sunday (FROS) [...]


You thought this was going to be a rant, right?  Admit it.  As in “What’s up with people who . . . ”  Maybe next time. This time our what’s up with people is a top three quiz. 1. What are your three favorite books of all time? 2. What are your three favorite movies? 3. [...]


The other night over supper,  Christopher Robin and I started talking about candy.  He really only has one kind of candy: chocolate.  Milk chocolate, preferably imported Dairy Milk bars with hazelnuts. He will make do with Dove, the square single bite servings, which he eats by the hundredweight, I’m not kidding.  At Easter, he splurges [...]