Yesterday morning Surfer Ty flew back to Hawaii and I returned to my desk even as snow fell outside my window. The snow didn’t stick but the slushy rain and snow and cold made me want to be anywhere but sitting at my desk for nine hours. I did take a couple catnaps yesterday, though, […]
Category: Promo & Contests
The Great Hawaii Book Escape Giveaway!
Have I got a fun contest for you!! If you’re like me, craving sunshine and summer fun, you’ll love this amazing Hawaii themed contest with 8 fantastic novels (at least 4 of them are set in Hawaii!) and tons of Hawaii treats and reader goodies. Bestselling authors Mia King, Jill Marie Landis, Jane Porter and Carol Snow […]
Titles & Covers
Distracted by the remodel, as well as a couple weeks of intense boy issues related to sports and academics, I stopped writing on Shey’s book. I couldn’t focus on anything but getting well and through the crisis, but an email from my editor yesterday reminded me that I can’t be distracted. I can’t allow myself […]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
As one who loves Ireland, and spent my final semester at UCLA studying at University College Galway on Ireland’s west coast, today is a special day. I don’t celebrate it with green beer or corned beef and cabbage, but rather, I remember all the great Irish and Anglo-Irish writers I’ve studied and read, as well as the wonderful […]
Need Some Tips
I’m still sick despite forty-eight hours of antibiotics and doctor approved doses of Robitussin DM and Mucinex. My energy’s definitely better but I’m still so congested at the back of my throat that I feel like I’m choking. It’s thick and gross and at night I half panic when its time to sleep because lying […]
Hawaii Dreaming
Snowflakes drift past my windows and the sky’s a steely gray. Even though the snow isn’t sticking it certainly looks cold enough. I’m about to head to an OB appointment and my youngest is home sick–although at his dad’s–with a 103 degree fever and a cough that makes the walls shake. And right now Hawaii […]
The Bachelor Finale
Despite fighting a cold, I spent three hours watching the Bachelor last night and it was three hours that could have easily been condensed into two. Or even ninety minutes. I’d heard the scuttle ahead of time that Jason, this season’s Bachelor, a single dad from Kirkland, WA (Kirkland’s right next to Bellevue, where I live) ends […]
Events in Portland
I’m getting ready to head to Portland, Oregon early this afternoon and it’s going to be a busy weekend as I have a conference to attend in downtown Portland, a booksigning Saturday night in Beaverton at the Borders, and then my oldest son has a two day water polo tournament at the T-Hills pool in Beaverton. […]
Oscar Peeps
I love the Oscars. I watch them every year, putting the date of the show on my calendar just the way I would one of my kids sporting events or my speaking engagements. Last night I watched alone but it was really fun. I sat with my computer and worked on my book in between acceptance speeches, munching […]
Mac The Monkey
I saw my OB this morning for my 8 month check up and when I mentioned how I was feeling and what I was feeling (like the baby’s dancing on my cervix) the doctor requested the ultrasound machine and did a quick check, and yep, Mac is breech. Those crazy little spasms aren’t my imagination. […]
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