On Friday Ty and I took some time out for ourselves and drove to Skagit Valley to see the tulips and have lunch in La Conner. All the tulips were already gone except for a few fields but we had a great time just driving and chilling in Ty’s classic Chevy truck. It was fun […]
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California, Here I Come!
Tomorrow morning Ty Gurney, Mac and I jump on a plane for Fresno, California so I can make a book club event in Visalia Wednesday night and then Thursday morning we race down to Southern California for 4 more days of book events. I’ve got a very fun 5 pm Happy Hour for my readers […]
Christmas Disaster Stories
My friend and fellow author, Molly Harper is guest blogging with me today. I had the pleasure of meeting Molly this Fall when I attended the Kentucy Book Fair in Frankfort. We happened to sit next to each other and it was very cool spending the day with her. Molly is a Kentucky girl and we […]
A Good Year
I’ve been making photo albums for my family of the past year and I’m short hundreds of photos from losing my camera twice (twice!?!) in the past year, but of the pictures I do have, I am reminded of what an incredible year it has been. The first six months of 2010 were really difficult […]
Halloween Fun & Games
Mac had so much fun trick or treating with his big brothers! It only took a couple houses before he got the hang of it. You walk, knock, wait and then take candy. The best houses were the houses with dogs. Then you walk, knock, wait and pet the doggie. There was some debate though […]
Win Jane! … Okay, a Visit with Jane
I love my readers. I really do. You guys are the reason I keep writing even when everything gets chaotic or hard. I so appreciate your support and friendship and sense of fun. During my book tours and book discussions, readers frequently ask me how much my life experiences influence the stories and characters I […]
Texas Round-up
I arrived back in Seattle late last night and Mac couldn’t cope with sleeping in his crib in his own room. I tried to let him cry it out since it was after eleven pm but after 30 minutes of him crying hard I retrieved him and put him into bed with me. He clung to […]
Making Friends
The best part of a book tour is finally meeting readers in person and having these readers become new friends. That happened Friday in Georgetown and Austin when readers joined me for lunch and later for dinner before and after my Georgetown signing at the Hill Country Bookstore. It was such a pleasure to spend […]
Not so easy on the eyes
The eyes have it. Or should I say, they’ve had it? I can’t see anymore. I’ve always worn contact lenses and am used to wearing glasses at night when I need to give my eyes a rest, but now I need contacts and reading glasses and sometimes that is still not enough. Note pic below […]
Emerald City Conf
Can’t believe it’s Sunday night and the Emerald City Conference is over. My writer pals Megan and Liza spent the past four days here and are now getting ready to head home in the morning. I hate that the weekend is already come and gone as this was one of my favorite conferences ever. We had […]
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