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Last night when I couldn’t sleep, I tried counting sheep, St.Matt’s snores, and the minutes until the local bookstores opened and I could g...

Here! Have some cake! It's my birthday-- Hooray ! But, really... I have one of these every year. Want to know what's MU...

Below is a blog post I’d written last August while working on edits on Send Me A Sign and dreaming of a time fourteen months from then when...

Thank you to everyone who entered my ARC giveaway! The two winners (picked by Random.org) are:     Maria C. and Meagan R. Congr...

So... that happened. That's pretty much my real-time reaction to getting my author copies. (After I danced around the box and put The...

I spent Saturday in fabulous company – with 34 other authors, a squad of helpful “Volunteens”*, bucketfuls of wonderful readers, an...

Filed under: THINGS THAT MAKE ME FEEL OFFICIAL I have TWO author-type events on this coming Tuesday. My FIRST two author-type events. I...

If the contest had been a spelling list, I'd now be required to use all your words in sentences or a story. That would be a horrendo...

Hello! Thanks for making it to the Send Me a Sign pit-stop on the YAmazing Race with MGnificent prizes! Since I'm not the first sto...

You may have noticed that I didn’t give my Best Book Ever on the contest page, but since I made you share yours, it would only be fair if I ...

How many times have I described a book as The Best Book Ever ?** A lot. Even more frequently since I've joined Short & Sweet R...

Thank you to everyone who made revealing SEND ME A SIGN ’s cover so much fun—having a book cover is something I’ve dreamed about for forever...

When I was a wee little implette, I was the child who made you stop and admire her shoes, or cluck over her band-aid, or examine the worm cr...

No, not with St.Matt – though we'll be going out tonight to celebrate. This is a date YEARS in the making. Years and so many pages and...

I was lucky enough to spend the moment 2011 gave way to 2012 at a wedding surrounded by friends and in formal wear. I'd almost, almost ...

For someone who couldn't carry a tune in a bucket with a lid, and can't clap to a beat for more than two consecutive claps, I...

I'm trying to decide if I should dust the cobwebs off my blog or allow them to stay as festive Halloween decorations. Probably du...