Taking a deep breath. Lots of folks take that for granted, but I’m not one of them. It’s not just my gratefulness for oxygen–though, having had pneumonia twice in the last couple years, that’s probably part of it too–but my simple appreciation of having a moment of peace to enjoy. For the first time in […]
I know, I know, I sound like a 1st grade September report, but honest, it’s my first time! AND I’ll be in incredible company. 400+ of your and MY favorite authors! (Lord I hope I don’t blush too much when I see my heroes!) So, want details? 2012 “Readers for Life” Literacy Autographing Wednesday, July […]
We all find ourselves walking through dark halls, from time to time. Tunnels, winding and seemingly endless. Sometimes, it feels like we’re underwater, or worse, buried alive. Every time there’s another bend in these roads, we hope–sometimes with hope we’d thought long extinguished–that we’ll see a light at the end, telling us the darkness is […]
So there I was, innocently making some food for my troupe of kids, and I thought, “Since I suck at cooking and I’m bored watching food cook, where’s my Kindle? I have a Jackie Barbosa novella to read.” Holy. Shit. People. Can I just say how much I LOVED “The Lesson Plan”? Now, I do […]
I don’t know about you, but I generally am freezing at Christmas time. It’s the time of year that I get to snuggle in every blanket I own, down gallons of hot tea and just about make love to my ereader–Psst, even when I’m not supposed to! So I thought, hey, if I’m doing it, […]
Now, many of you didn’t know I was planning to write a self-pub novella, so it came as a great big shock when I put up the cover on Twiter earlier this week. 🙂 There was much excitement, too–though I have to say, I think most of that was generated by the fact that the […]
In classic Hollywood, they wanted to tell wondrous stories of distant lands or exotic, dangerous characters. Of course, in classic Hollywood, the closest thing to an ethnic actor was an ethnic hairdresser or janitor helping out on the set. Thus, most ethnic characters were played by blue eyed, painted actors who had more shine than […]
Usually, I have no idea how it happens that months go by without me being really aware of it. How does that happen? But honestly, I know what happened this time. Some crazy, crazy developments! Allow me to fill you in: I’ve been writing! Yeah, never thought you’d hear that again, did you? I have […]
Or as I like to call it, “OMG, WTF are you DOING??” So, before I begin, let me tell you that I have no pictures of the aforementioned torture…er, procedure. The reason being, I can’t think of a good reason to take close ups of girl fur. It’s icky and I’m not doing it. Esp […]
And now I will drive everyone crazy posting it wherever I can, lol. Ladies & Gents, I give you the 2011 Prism Award! […]