I’ve decided I want to be Dennis Lehane when I grow up. In addition to a wildly successful writing career, the guy is on a roll for having his books made into “Big Time” movies. Clint Eastwood directed Mystic River. Ben Afleck picked Lehane’s Gone Baby, Gone for his directorial debut. [...]

Seems to me we all need some good news. And, the December holidays are coming fast. So…it’s giveaway time!
A few weeks ago I did two discussions/signings with Vicki Lewis Thompson. Nice lady. Smart, talented and very kind to this newbie author.
Vicki writes funny. Writing funny is really [...]

I know I’m going to regret this, but…
Two days ago I posted a small portion of the review Entertainment Weekly did on Diana Gabaldon’s newest book. Let me say that again so there’s no confusion: the review someone else - not me - wrote on Gabaldon’s new book. You can read my blog [...]

I’m over at Access Romance talking about romance heroine names and an excerpt I read on the dummies.com site.
Specifically, I was looking at an excerpt from the Writing A Romance Novel for Dummies by Leslie Wainger. In addition to the heroine name thing that’s the subejct of my AR blog, another statement from [...]

I’ve long admitted that book titles and covers impact my buying choices. As a result, I was very interested in a contest held by the The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . It was called the World’s Worst Book Title Contest. Note that these are titles of published books and not ones someone made up. [...]

UPDATE: To all of the Gabaldon fans who have written me nasty emails about this entry, please note that I did not review Gabaldon’s book. Entertainment Weekly reviewed the book. If you don’t like what the reviewer at EW said, then write to the reviewer there. And, maybe, be a bit [...]

I’m still getting caught up with everything. In fact, if I owe you a book or bookmarks or something of that sort, don’t panic. The packages will go out on Monday.
In the interim, I’ve been reading Obsession, Deceit and Really Dark Chocolate by Kyra Davis. This is the third [...]

I don’t know what this gif is supposed to be. All I know is that it cracked me up, so I posted it.

It’s a turkey…right?
To everyone in the United States: HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
To everyone outside of the United States: Have a great Thursday!

There’s just something about the holidays that makes getting anything done impossible. I don’t do any of the cooking in my house - which is a very good thing - so the Thanksgiving feast is not my job. You’d think not having to worry about the grocery shopping, the cooking or traveling anywhere [...]

The Weekend Of Booksigning Events is now over. Between driving all over So. Cal., chatting and stopping by an IKEA tent sale, I’m a bit tired this morning. Frankly, the tent sale finished me off. Tables of Christmas decorations I don’t need in colors that don’t match anything and all priced at [...]