By the time this blog is posted, it’ll be Day 2 of the Deady Diva spring book tour. Which means that I’m away from home (and my Internet access) right now and probably having fun but missing my family. I always do when I’m away.
I’ve been busy this week pulling stuff together for my upcoming [...]

It’s hard to believe that spring break is almost over. Where does the time go? Oh, right. To sleeping late, cleaning my office, tackling the clutter in the attic…but mostly resting and relaxing.
And I needed it. To prepare. Mentally at least.
April begins a month of travel for me. April 3-6, I’ll be on the road [...]

There are very few things in my life I regret. Life is what it is, things happen for a reason (good and bad), and learning from those instances has made me who I am.
But if I could go back…
I wish, wish, wish I’d kept journals, diaries, scraps of paper, anything that would be a reminder [...]

Last night I was the guest speaker at a local college class. The class, Cincinnati Authors, was required to read Trouble in Bloom so they’d be able to discuss it with me.
No problem, right?
Well, the class did their part. And though some confessed to not being avid readers, they read the book. No one had [...]

Before I forget, the page is up for the MS walkathon I told you about last week. To join the walk or to sponsor Team MSketeers (of which I’m a proud member), go here.
Now back to my regularly scheduled blog:
As a write this, it’s Tuesday morning, and I’m foggy and groggy and not happy.
A [...]

* As some of you may know, my good friend and mystery author Laura Bradford was recently diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Though she battles the disease every day, she’s taking her fight to the street. Literally. Laura is organizing a group of authors and readers to take part in a MS walk in St. Louis [...]

I have a new blog. For my new pen name (the one I’m not sure if I’m allowed to announce yet. But I figure if I don’t come out and say it, if you just follow the link, no one will be the wiser, right?)
Anyhow, on the new blog I plan on writing spotlights on [...]

I found myself recommending my moisturizer last week to a friend looking to try a new brand. And it got me thinking about all my favorite things. Everyday things, not grand, The Sound of Music things (though who doesn’t like whiskers on kittens and warm woolen mittens?).
The short list:
*Eat Your Peas notepads. Love the colors, [...]

I’ve gone and done it.
I gave up Dr Pepper for Lent.
All soda, actually, because I know myself well enough to know that I’d substitute something else in the Dr’s place. Not that it would taste as good, but my mind just works that way.
What possessed me, you ask? Well, I couldn’t give up computer games [...]

…me headaches.
Last week I finally received the last Christmas present I ordered online back in early December.
Here’s why.
On December 21st, a package arrived that I’d ordered through Amazon via a third party. It was a beautiful Galileo thermometer. Or it was until somewhere en route from Nevada to Ohio it was smashed.
Fast forward a little [...]