New Clean Romance Series Kicks Off TODAY!
I’m just hopping up and down! (Well, actually I’m typing and sitting on my couch. But my spirit is hopping up and down.) It’s here! The launch date of this new series. I’ve LOVED reading through these books. They’re really lovely stories, just sweep-you-away stories of people I feel I actually knew when the books […]
Newly Available on Kindle: Hopeless Crush
This all started because of a dream I had. In 2006, I had a book published by Spring Creek Book Company. As all traditionally published authors know, the publisher gets the say in the cover and the title of the book. Mine was called A Little Sisterly Advice. It’s the story of Julia Cronquist, a […]
Raptures over My Current Read
Oh, rapture! I am so in love with the book I’m currently reading! I think one of the best things in the world is to find a book I love so much I can’t wait to get back to it. The language, the characters, the growth that comes to them one by one as they […]
Lucky You Live Hawaii
Hi, Folks! Ready for a fun guest post by my good friend and fellow author Lehua Parker? Well, she’s got a new book out, ONE SHARK, NO SWIM. It’s a sequel to her completely fun ONE BOY, NO WATER, which I reviewed here when it came out last year. She’s on a roll. And lucky […]
How to Give an E-Book as a Gift
My latest go-to gift is an e-book. This is probably because I have a lot of reading friends. Almost everybody has either an e-reader or a downloaded an app e-reader for a smartphone or tablet. Even *I*, technophobe extraordinaire, have the Kindle app on my tablet. When I’ve read and loved a book, sometimes I’m just dying to […]
It’s My Bookiversary! Let’s Celebrate!
First off, yesterday my husband mentioned that he prefers “not big” hair. He couldn’t be serious, could he? Come on. Big hair is the best! I’m choosing to ignore the comment. And now…. A year ago this week, BIG IN JAPAN hit the shelves. I can’t believe it’s been a whole year. What a fun […]
Lather, Rinse, Repeat. It’s what writers do.
So, this summer I’ve somehow managed, amidst the chaos of having five kids around, to do quite a bit of writing. It’s a Summer Vacation Miracle!* I was thinking about patterns the other day, of how I work on stuff. Like, say this summer I’ve been a writing maniac, four pages a day on average, […]
Getting the Wrong Mail – and Zucchini Enlightenment
Do you ever get the wrong mail delivered to your house? We live in a neighborhood with one of those post boxes that has a bunch of slots all together, and sometimes our postal lady slips up and gives us someone else’s pool maintenance equipment catalog or another neighbor’s DirectTV offers. This week I accidentally […]
Fairy Godmothers have Incorporated!
Today I’m excited to announce a new book on the reading scene: (trumpet fanfare, please) FAIRY GODMOTHERS, INC., by Jenniffer Wardell. Jenniffer and I met at my book launch for Big in Japan, and I only got to talk to her for a second because of swirling chaos, but now that I’ve read her amazing […]
Goodreads Gobbled Up by Amazon: Will this Hamper My Free Speech?
…Or, Why I Probably Won’t Review Books Very Often Anymore You might have heard the news that printed-word-behemoth Amazon has now purchased Goodreads, the online book site where readers and authors connect to share opinions on books and make recommendations, as well as keep lists of books read, book ratings, book wishes, and so on. Some […]
