As I was packing to go to the beach—you know getting the important stuff in order—what books to read, what knitting project to take along—when I remembered that I'd unearthed an old copy of Arabella by Georgette Heyer while I was moving my office. I...
Thanks for all the comments while I was gone... Yes, I snuck off for a few days at the beach. Where it was supposed to be warm and sunny, but in typical Oregon Coast fashion was gray and windy. But that only left me with more time to read and knit, so I was perfectly...
If you go to conference and pitch to an agent or editor, by all accounts you are a Sure Thing. Even if you go into your meeting, stutter uncontrollably, toss your cookies all over the table and you discover later you have a big blotch of lunch on the front of your...
Pack light. Why, you ask? Free books. Tons of free books. And goodies. And other tokens. Make sure you have either a large tote bag you can fold flat and tuck in your suitcase, or do my trick: the suitcase inside the suitcase. Yes, you see that correctly. I pack the...
I'm off to conference in less than two weeks and I'm completely unprepared. I haven't done any of the essentials (that is if you believe all the conference chatter going around) that go into conference preparation: primarily shopping for an entire new wardrobe. You...
Here is the great thing about a healthy TBR. When you need a book, there is always one nearby. I finally got a chance to settle in and read this over the weekend. I've had it for ages and glanced at it often, not having the time to commit because it is so long. But...
