My friend, Maya Rodale, drops by to talk about: Life in London There’s nothing like living in a place to really know it intimately, and thus to write about it authentically. Since actually visiting Regency London is out of the question, the next best thing is living...
TV, Movies, & Good Reads
What to Read
I have been absent, and my apologies. I am deep into writing right now and settling down to write more just isn't on the agenda right now. But I took the weekend off to go to my aunt's memorial service in Idaho, so I feel ready to type again and thought I would put...
A Fabio-lus Romance Extravaganza
What a fun day! The wonderful folks at the King County Library system have this annual event and it is so much fun—readers from all over and always some fun surprises. This year was no exception. They had us in the main foyer of the Covington Library which is...
Libraries, Tell Me So I Can Tell Them
I'm off to PLA next week—The Public Library Association if you don't like acronyms)—and since I will have the ear of a room full of librarians, what would you like me to tell them about why, or even why not, you use your local public library? Time to sound...
Books, Far and Wide
Periodically I get these non-descript packages from my editor and I always know what they are: Foreign Language editions. Oh, goody! What language is this going to be in and what will they do to the cover? I find the covers almost as interesting as the title...
Three Popular Questions
I think all writers have their own same three questions that come in daily. And I thought I would save everyone a lot of trouble and just answer them today in the blog. So in no particular order, here are the three questions that I get asked frequently: Question No....
