What can I say?

Thank you all for the huge love you have shown the new cover, title and summary of BLINK ONCE. I have gotten lots and lots of emails from reviewers looking for an early copy of the book. And while I wish I had copies to send you, I must admit that, um…I just turned in the final manuscript (a teeny bit late for a Fall book!). If you ( Read more... )

So, my paranormal thriller, once titled THE GIRL IN ROOM 203 is now retitled BLINK ONCE. I’ve been working on this book so long now (I had the original idea about five years ago) that it’s hard for me to wrap my noggin around a new title. It’s always been about Olivia, the girl in room 203 at the haunted hospital in the book. But now, it’s BLINK ( Read more... )

I’ve just escaped the cave of revision writing and turned in the manuscript that consumed the last couple of months. I say “consumed” but that’s hyperbole…sort of. Actual writing time was only a couple of weeks. But thinking about how to fix a plot problem took a lot more time, sitting around staring-into-space time. It took me that long not to ( Read more... )

*and I mean that as a compliment ( Read more... )

Wow.
It’s been a long time.
(But I’m not going to apologize, because I don’t want to end up here on the “I’m sorry I haven’t posted” blog. Embarrassing the number of times one starts a blog with those words ( Read more... )

Friends and Neighbors,
I’ll be reading an original holiday themed short story at Vroman’s Bookstore on Sunday evening, 12/5 at 5 pm ( Read more... )

I’m sorry I’ve neglected this blog so terribly! My mind has been wrapped up finishing my new novel. I’ve done some appearances, and completely forgotten to mention them on here. One, for Teen Read Week, was at the Edendale Library here in Los Angeles and it was so great, I’m bummed I didn’t have time to write about it, before or after we did it (I ( Read more... )

You've got two chances to catch the Busby family on TV next week....

The Chronicle: "Who Killed Shirley Reine?" : If you are vacationing on the Cape, or happen to live in New England, you can watch this on Wednesday night, 7/14, 7:30pm on Channel 5 Boston (ABC). I think those of us outside the area can watch online here48 HOURS: The Year We ( Read more... )

To the folks who won a copy of the paperback for THE YEAR WE DISAPPEARED on the Goodreads site, check your mailboxes-books are on the way, packages to the post office today. And thank you to the 1,300+ people who entered. I’m flattered that so many of you took the time and interest. This was my first giveaway on the site, but I will certainly be ( Read more... )

Come and join me at the L.A. Times Festival of Books this weekend ( Read more... )