Just finished the YA book Lips Touch Three Times by Laini Taylor. If you haven't read it, do! It's darkish and delicious.

I also highly recommend the author's first two books: Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbringer and its sequel Dreamdark: Silksinger. Not as darkish, but just as delish! :-)

This woman can write - and she has a fabulous imagination ( Read more... )

I won't be able to come to WriterCon ( Read more... )

How looooong has it been??

Loved this pic of SMG - had to do something with it.

See full size here.


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Four times in my life I've shed tears upon learning of the death of a celebrity. I cried for Walt Disney, for Jim Hensen, for Princess Diana and tonight, for Michael Jackson. Michael's music provided some of the soundtrack of my life. We were of an age and, for the most part, his music made me happy; made me want to move and dance and sing along. ( Read more... )

I've been asked if there's interest in holding a Spuffy get together at WriterCon 2009 in Minneapolis.

Is there?

Just read that Sarah Michelle Gellar & some hubby are expecting a baby in the fall. Congrats to them.

Happy Easter to all who celebrate it!

:-)

Hope you all haven't see this a million times already. It was new to me this morning and I had to share. :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq6b9bMBXpg

After eight years of deliberation (didn't want to rush into anything, you know) I've made Trace, a Bernese Mountain Dog pup, a part of my family. He's 13 weeks old, I am completely smitten and we are bonding wonderfully ( Read more... )

Yeah, woo-hoo and other assorted expressions of happiness and excitement. It's WriterCon 2009!!!

WRITERCON 2009
July 30 - August 2, 2009
Radisson Plaza Hotel
Minneapolis, Minnesota

The first two WriterCon's were unforgettable and I'm looking forward to adding new memories to those I gathered at each of them.

PLEASE come!

It's been quite a while since I've posted. Shortly after my last post, my modem was knocked out by one of the devastating storms we experienced here in early June and it was a couple of weeks before I replaced it ( Read more... )