I’m calling this entry New Orleans, but this isn’t just about New Orleans, it’s the whole Gulf Coast and I’ve waited and waited to post because the disaster and destruction following Katrina is so hard for me to talk about. I love New Orleans and the South. My mom’s family is from Baton Rouge and […]
Category: Book Talk
The Black Moment
I can’t speak for other writers on this one (in fact, I don’t think I can ever speak for other writers) but especially when it comes to this sensitive topic, I will say I’m speaking about my own writing (but I don’t think I’m alone.) Every book I write has a Black Moment. But I’m […]
Defending the Craft
I’m back in Fresno, California for a long weekend and am traveling with Teresa Medeiros’ ‘Yours Until Dawn’ and really enjoying it, but then as everyone here probably knows, I love wounded alpha heroes. If a powerful alpha is great, a powerful wounded alpha is even better. There are authors who write witty, sexy romps, […]
Jimmy Choos & Me
I’ve been reading (and listening) to discussions lately regarding heroines in novels. Apparently many women like to read books about heroines who are unlike themselves….or are perhaps like themselves, women who take charge, seize control, kick butt and generally feel fabulous….and if not fabulous, they certainly don’t feel bad, and they never whine. At least […]
I Can Not Tell a Lie
Wasn’t there a story about George Washington cutting down a cherry tree when he was young, and he couldn’t tell a lie, and had to confess that he’d done the dirty deed? And isn’t there another story about honest Abe Lincoln who had to walk a gazillion miles in snow and sleet to return something […]
The Big Day
I feel like a bride on her wedding day. Ridiculous, I know, but having overnighted at Emily’s, I woke up to a special breakfast, and a great girl chat about launch parties–and Em’s infamous launch party story for Web Redesign–and I’m looking ahead to my day, trying to decide what to do first and then […]
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