Cover art!

Oooh, the time is getting closer my friends! Elena’s book actually has a release date, December 30, and cover art for both editions. And now you can see that you will be able to buy it either as a trade or mass market paperback:

You can preorder at Amazon or Random House (not yet [...]

Summer reading

Orpah Magazine had a list of 27 books for summer reading in the latest issue.   Now, I have nothing against Oprah books, but I gotta say that reading doesn’t have to be so…serious.
So, thinking some of you probably agree with me, here are some of my picks:
How to Knit a Wild Bikini, by Christie Ridgway. [...]

Elena, moving along

Elena’s book is finally moving into Reality-Ville.   I saw some art for the cover the other day (beautiful!) and it is officially on the schedule for January 27 (that is, if you’re counting, only six months).   If you want to sign up for a one-time only email notification when it is on the shelves, you [...]

Olives at Nana Longos and The First Meeting of the Local Book Club

A month or so ago, the Friday night happy hour gang were a wine or two into the evening, and we decided to begin a book club.  Spiritual books, we thought, but not necessarily.  (Knowing the group, I might have dangled the metaphysical angle before them like a juicy peach, but we will not say [...]

Shifting economies

My friend Sonia is writing a very intelligent blog you must read if you are interested at all in communication in the new era.   Her post, What a Toddler Can Teach You About Success made me start thinking again about the changing publishing economy and where I fit within it.  How do you continue to have a [...]

The heart is always story

Note: there are no spoilers of Six Feet Under or Water for Elephants in this post, so feel free to read it. I’m talking about them both, but I’ll be careful not to give anything away.
Over the weekend, I indulged another three episodes of Six Feet Under. In one of them, a major [...]

A really cool soundtrack; Kristin Hannah’s new book

My sister had a really, really bad week last week, so I was looking around for something to cheer her up. She made me a most excellent CD about three years ago, on a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day* so I wanted to return the favor.
But as it happened, I remembered that [...]

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