I was tipped off to this by Gwen at Literary License: The annual rating of America’s Most Literary Cities has been announced. Where does your city [or the closest city to you] rank? 1. Minneapolis, MN2. Seattle, WA3. Washington, DC4. St. Paul, MN5. San Francisco, CA6. Atlanta, GA7. Denver, CO8. Boston, MA9. St. Louis, MO10. Portland, OR11. Pittsburgh, PA12. Cleveland,… Read more
Got this from my friend Jas over at Confessions of a Cheesegrits Fiend. She didn’t remember the source, so if you know who I should credit, please let me know. It was too cute not to post. Read more
I don’t know if this is going to show up or not – I’m writing this post on Monday evening, because I’m going to be traveling on Tuesday. Hopefully, when I get to the airport and have a chance to check in, it will have already popped up. As always, the rules are simple: open your current book, choose two… Read more
“So, long ago, he’d taken to calling himself Jay Walker, and somewhere along the line someone had blurred that into Jaywalker. Which had been alright with him: the truth was, he’d never had the patience to stand on a curb waiting for alight…” The Tenth Case is a fun little legal thriller with plenty of twists and turns, lots of… Read more
Happy Tuesday, everyone! There was so much to do over the holidays that I’m afraid I didn’t get a chance to finish my book! So another few sentences from The Spanish Bow and I promise I will have something new for you next week. You know the rules: take your current book, choose a page, and give us two teaser… Read more
First off, I want to say a big THANK YOU to Wendi at Wendi’s Book Corner for taking over the Tuesday Thingers. I am very glad that someone was able to step up and help out, and I promise that I will be emailing some questions to help with the whole process. The original intent behind the Tuesday Thingers was… Read more
Happy Monday! I know – Mondays are seldom happy (and I’m just going back to work from vacation, so this really feels like Monday), but I do have some happy news for someone. This morning, I promised to announce the winner in my Matrimony giveaway and that winner is: Pam I wish I had a dozen copies to give away.… Read more
Okay, the rush of Christmas excitement has passed. Are you tired of Christmas carols? Have the kids already broken at least one of their gifts and started complaining about the others? Is all the forced “family time” that comes with Christmas vacation starting to wear on everyone’s nerves? Then this is the perfect book for you! Santa Responds is a… Read more
Merry Christmas Eve, everyone! The photo is of my Christmas tree (before I got all the presents wrapped), surrounded by some of my collection of old world Santas. The tree has a bit of a story. When I was growing up, we never had a real tree. My mother had a terrible fear of it catching fire, so we always… Read more