Starlog

  • First book signing !

    I just came back from my first book signing for “Tall Tales and Short Stories”. Wow! Thanks to everyone who came out. Overwhelming! I had to pull my kids in– one made the sale and another piled up speed-signed copies and handed them out when it got too busy to handle one at a time.… Read more

  • What are you working on today? Sunday Speed Snippet – Last Winter Red – What’s Your Speed Snippet for today?

    Wow.  Tomorrow is Release Day for the Make Believe Anthology.   When I signed that contract, it seemed like the date would never get here, but here we are. **she bites her nails** I figured, in honor of the release, I’d give you a Sunday Snippet from “Last Winter Red.” In this passage, our main character… Read more

  • A Devilish Combination – working the tour buddy style

    What’s it really like getting your stuff out there for the first time?   Was the experience different for me than others?  What’s the promotion been like?  Who’s sweeter, me or J.K. Ford? All these questions and more are featured on Julie Catherine’s blog today in a combination interview with myself and Jenny Keller Ford. Please… Read more

  • Give that Publisher What They Want DERNIT: The Basics #2 – Identifiers

    We interrupt this post to announce that USA Today is featuring my anthology “For the Love of Christmas” in a blurb in their “Life” Section.  Can I hear an “Oh Yeah!” Click here to see it! Eh-hem — now back to our regularly scheduled program. I am uber stoker to be able to dig into the… Read more

  • Oh my gosh, I am such a wuss. I don’t think I can do this

    Have you ever written something, thought it was great, but had second thoughts?  Ugh.  I am soooo there right now. I’ve mentioned a few times that I’m working on a Paranormal called Une Variante.  I am a Fantasy writer at heart, but I like to stretch myself.  My first publication (Last Winter Red) is a… Read more

  • Oh No! Please tell me it’s not too late to fix that!

    Cripes.  A typo.  Happens to everyone, right? But I just found one in the final edited version of “Connect the Dots” that I already signed off on weeks ago, and is due to release in eight days. You know how I found it?  It’s really dumb.  I was calling up a random six sentences for… Read more