To Be Read that’s what TBR stands for and every die-hard reader has a TBR pile next to the bed or on a shelf or stacked in the corner of a room. I go through phases where I have stacks of books to be read and then other times when I’m reading so much, so […]
Category: Book Talk
Queen Jane
I have a friend who used to call me QJ, or Queen Jane because well, I love to be the boss, and I love being loved, and I love sparkly energy and good as well as beautiful things. It’s true. And while I don’t ask, or expect, anyone to call me QJ, I do love days […]
Back at Sea-Tac
It’s Monday quarter to seven in the evening and I’m back at Seattle-Tacoma Airport, or for those of us who seem to live here, Sea-Tac. In just minutes I board my Alaska flight for San Francisco and this is just after a quickie trip to Leavenworth for a Sunday full of book events, first at […]
Hawaii Book & Music Festival
I’m in Hawaii. Tomorrow I fly back to Seattle after a whirlwind trip here to participate in the 3rd annual Hawaii Book & Music Festival. I arrived Thursday afternoon. Friday at 6:15 am, I reported to KHON-2, which is Hawaii’s #1 morning news station and was interviewed along with Linda, another author, about the weekend […]
Launch Party Success
Despite all my nervous nilly ways, last week’s launch party was a huge success and in hindsight, I needn’t have been nervous. 120 people attended at the bookstore. 100 copies of Mrs. Perfect were sold–plus thirty more of Odd Mom and Flirting and Frog. Since September when Odd Mom Out debuted at the Bellevue Barnes […]
Launching Mrs Perfect
It’s here. Mrs. Perfect is here, on the shelves, and tomorrow night I celebrate the launch of Mrs. Perfect with a fun new release party at Bellevue’s Barnes & Noble followed by chocolate-tinis and dessert at Ooba’s. I’ve done this four times now. I should be an old pro by now. Instead I’m nervous. I am […]
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Being Reviewed
I changed. Getting published–and reviewed–changed me. In the beginning, way back in March 2001 when I had my first Harlequin Presents published, the bad reviews floored me. I felt humiliated in a very public way. The Romantic Times and Amazon reviews haunted me, playing through my head endlessly. It took me 15 years to sell that first […]
Fans of Flirting with Forty
From the beginning Flirting with Forty has had a touch of magic. It was a story close to my heart, and a story not entirely all mine, but personal enough I could write with strong, clear emotion and even stronger conviction. Every book I write means something to me but truly, Flirting with Forty, has […]
The Rita Rules
Within Romance Writers of America, which is the granddaddy of the organizations dedicated to promoting excellence in fiction for women, there is one award that reigns supreme and that’s the Ritas. The Ritas are a bit like the Oscars except we aren’t judging the best films of the year but the best books. I’ve been […]
Just Let Me Read
When all else fails, read. Truly. Nothing cure’s a bumpy life like a great book. Couple life with traveling, or a segment of potentially boring or unpleasant time (waiting in an airport, waiting in a doctor’s office, waiting for a root canal) a book is a virtual lifesaver. Friday morning at the Seattle airport just moments before […]
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