Monthly Archives: December 2011

RTW – What were your top five favorite books of 2011?

Posted on December 28, 2011 by

This week YA Highway’s Road Trip Wednesday asks, What were your top five favorite books of 2011? I’m not very good at favorites lists, but I’m willing to give it a go. Most of mine aren’t brand new in 2011 … Continue reading →

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RTW – Where do you buy most of your books?

Posted on December 21, 2011 by

Today YA Highway’s Road Trip Wednesday asks, Where do you buy most of your books? Then the post assures me that “No one is judging!” which is good because…let me screw up my courage…okay, I’ll just blurt it out. I … Continue reading →

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Something Yummy for Those Holiday Potlucks

Posted on December 18, 2011 by

Total cheat on my blog today. My schedule is stacked high with “to-do’s” so I haven’t the time for a thoughtful post. So here are a couple of my favorite recipes you might want to make for that upcoming Christmas … Continue reading →

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RTW – A Christmas Gift for My Main Character

Posted on December 14, 2011 by

This week, YA Highway’s Road Trip Wednesday asks, What would be the ideal holiday present for your main character? Since my characters tend to talk to me like real people, walking around in my created world as if they really … Continue reading →

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Tech and Big Brother

Posted on December 11, 2011 by

While returning from San Francisco for a weekend trip, we stopped for lunch in Emeryville, just outside of the city. As we were about to pull back onto Interstate 80 from Powell Street, a white light flashed on the nearby … Continue reading →

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RTW – How far would you go to get published?

Posted on December 7, 2011 by

Today for Road Trip Wednesday, YA Highway is asking, How far would you go to get published? In my case, I’d have to answer the question How far did you go to get published? since I’m already published and have … Continue reading →

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Hopelessly Devoted to E

Posted on December 3, 2011 by

I was e-published pretty early in the game (my SF romance, Eternity, came out as an e-book in 1998). But I was definitely not an early adopter of reading e-books. I always felt pretty guilty about that. Here I was, … Continue reading →

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