Wine for Summer
In these days of high unemployment and global financial crisis, it’s nice to relax with a bottle of wine that doesn’t break your pocketbook. I’m here to sort out the memorable from the truly awful, and each bottle is under $10 - unless mentioned otherwise. First...
RWA 2012 Workshop Tidbits
Besides all the wonderful people I saw at conference, besides the fantastic roomies and the terrific luncheon speakers and the marvelous fun of watching the Golden Heart and Rita awards ceremony (though afterward it got to be way too much for my sense of balance,...
Absorbing RWA 2012
I apologize, I should have put something together earlier about my RWA conference experience - except I'm still in absorb mode. Actually, I'm still on digest on all my email loops, too, so have gone dark there as well. I learned a lot; I gained a lot; I felt like a...
Anaheim, or Bust #RWA12
So, I've been packing since I got up this morning, around 6am. I've had 3 cups of coffee, wrapped a tote bag FULL of Los Angeles Romance Authors Books & Goodies, made a run to the store for apples and dinner rolls (to go with the salami and cheese previously...
Gearing Up – RWA 2012
This will be my first Romance Writers of America conference in four years, so I'm excited. There's something about taking over a being in a hotel with 2,000 other romance writers that gets my blood flowing. The energy is amazing, the nerves palpable. Every year...
I Heart Book Bloggers
There has been some kerfluffles between book bloggers and writers recently. I don't know all the details (and I really don't want to, either), but from what I could discover, errors happened on both sides. But I'm here to champion book bloggers. For me, I totally...
DEMON HUNT Release Day!
It's finally here - DEMON HUNT release day! The second full length novel in the Caine Brothers Series! I am incredibly proud of this book, as this is the one that I took from a 15K short story to a full length novel. I probably wrote this book - or at least the...
White Wine Spritzers for Summer
It's hot. Muggy. The humidity is rising faster than the heat, and the air conditioning can barely keep up. What's a rational person to drink while barbecuing pizza at night, with the temps still in the upper 80s? Try a white wine spritzer. Any white wine will do,...
Panade a la Provence…Yum!
Food & Wine Magazine did it again. They totally seduced me. I mean, I love to make fun of how out of touch they are with the "little folk" who don't have $80 to plunk down on a wine. And the recipes? Don't get me started. Half of them require ingredients that...
Talking Out the Book (Plus an ARC!)
This week has been an up and down week. Sure, I've gotten 6k in over three days, an excellent total for me lately; but the book is turning on me. It's not keeping the tone I had set at the beginning; rewriting already is a PITA. I can't say who the target publisher...