Ah, morning.  Last day of RWA.  Not that I haven’t had a good time, but I’ll be down at that front desk by 10:20 this morning to check in early for Sunday’s flight.  Back home to the Five Cat Death Squad, Princess Poodle and her bodyguard, the … [Read more...]

Yesterday is somewhat of a blur.  Things that stand out: a) My on-camera interview with the lovely people of RomanceNovelTv.com. b) Stumbling upon my agent and Winnie Griggs, and all of us giggling over our respective drinks (mine, gingerale, because I’m just that … [Read more...]

- Airplane ride? Uneventful. - Taxi ride and inevitable questions about my personal life? Not a problem. - Check in? A snap, and I ran into the lovely and funny Alison Kent and her equally charming husband. - Room? It ain’t much, but the bed is good and … [Read more...]

I firmly believe that artists are driven by similar forces, no matter their methods of expression.  Take, for example, this 1993 interview with dancer, Twyla Tharp: Q:  When did you first have a vision of what you wanted to do? A:  Twyla Tharp: It depends on … [Read more...]

I never dreamed I would hear so many lovely stories when I asked you guys to tell me your heroes, but thank you—thank you for sharing slices into the lives of those you admire and love.  I don’t know if immortality exists in memory, but if it does, then your … [Read more...]

Oh, it’s home again and home again, America for me! I want a ship that’s westward bound to plough the rolling sea To the blessed land of Room Enough beyond the ocean bars, Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars. ~Henry Van Dyke … [Read more...]

So, it must be some kind of sign that TRANSFORMERS and SOUL SONG are being released on the same day, right?  Right? Unfortunately, I will not be able to see my favorite autobots from Cybertron until some time next week, if that.  Don’t ask.  It bites, it … [Read more...]

Breakfast of Champions!  -- partial bag of Hershey’s Special Dark Chocolate chips -- milk -- melt, mix together in pan, and drink while piping hot in favorite mug of choice Perfect for rainy summer mornings when the cats and dogs get you up way too early and you … [Read more...]

“Never forget that life can only be noble inspired and rightly lived if you take it bravely and gallantly, as a splendid adventure in which you are setting out into an unknown country, to face many a danger, to meet many a joy, to find many a comrade, to win and lose … [Read more...]

Sometimes when you think you are done, it is just the edge of beginning. Probably that’s why we decide we’re done. It’s getting too scary. We are touching down onto something real. It is beyond the point when you think you are done that often something … [Read more...]