This evening was spent watching a couple episodes of True Blood – season two. I’m watching them on Netflix so it’s going to take me a while to get through the season.  I was lucky enough to meet Charlaine Harris a few years ago in Chicago at the Love is Murder Conference. It was a [...]

I have been busy but can’t really say I’ve accomplished that much.  Most of my time seems to be spent working.  Did enjoy an extra day off this week. I normally get Tuesday off but because of the holiday I got Monday off, as well. Hate to admit but I think I’ve been fighting a [...]

AVID stands for Authors Visiting in Des Moines. It’s a program put on by the Des Moines Library that enables authors to speak and promote their work.  I think it’s one of the best events that Des Moines hosts. It starts every year in April and goes through June.  This years authors were Peter Hedges, [...]

My weekend was split with work.  I had Saturday off, worked Sunday, had today off and now tomorrow off so this has been enjoyable. First time with two days off in a row for a while and believe me, I was ready.  Got up this morning, put on a pot of coffee, made a batch [...]

The third Saturday of every month is the one day I get to totally immerse myself in writing.  As I’ve said before, I belong to both Iowa Romance Novelists ( a local chapter of Romance Writers of America) and Sisters in Crime- Iowa (a local chapter of Sisters in Crime) and both monthly meetings happen [...]

I have to apologize for ignoring my blog. I will not do it again.  It started with my job search last fall, then working as a temp with an on again, off again schedule and then I got a real job and have been in training since February 8th.  I will be through with training [...]

I have had ‘Mystic River’ in my to-be-read pile for quite sometime.  I haven’t seen the movie but I have seen the movie for ‘Gone Baby Gone’ and thought it was great. The trailers for the movie ‘Shutter Island’ drew me in and I bought the book the other day.  Could not put it down.  [...]

Francesca Hawley’s book Protect and Defend is now also available in print from Elora’s Cave/Jasmine Jade Enterprises.  The buy page is http://jasminejade.com/p-7481-protect-and-defend.aspx. Carla Cassidy has a new release this month – Pregnsia.  You can find it at your favorite bookstore. Lois Greiman is part of an anthology that came out in June  – Faeries Gone [...]