Home for the holidays…
My husband and I went to Knoxville yesterday for Thanksgiving at my sister’s house. Because of the rock slide on I-40, we went by way of highway 25 into Hot Springs and then over into Tennesse to Newport where we picked up I-40 into Knoxville. It’s a longer trip, but beautiful and really ineresting, at least to me. When I was a kid, back before I-40 opened, this was the way my family traveled to visit our grandmother and great aunt so it brought back a few memories. Also, when we crossed over the border into Tennessee, there’s an interesting little saloon there. Though most people wouldn’t pay much attention to this small building, the fact that it

Okay, so how many of you out there are like me…
scratching your head over Harlequin’s new self-publishing imprint Harlequin Horizons?  I admit to a little bit of confusion–okay, make that a lot of confusion–about why they would do such a thing and the more I read, the more puzzled I became. So, yeah, I went searching for answers and I have to tell you, this thing is all over the Internet.  Blogs everywhere are talking about it.  I’m surprised it hasn’t become one of the hot topics on Twitter.  Of course, since I’ve been busy with the edits on Storm Shadows, I haven’t been paying much attention to Twitter, so it very well could be the “Trending TopicsR

Take the time to let them know you care and appreciate all they do…
Received this on the authors’ loop of one of my publishers and wanted to pass it on: Xerox is doing something that really touched my heart and I wanted to forward it along to you all.  I always try to find a way around this time of year to say “Thank You” to the men and women who serve our country overseas.  If you go to this web site, www.LetsSayThanks.com you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is serving in Iraq . You can’t pick

Wow! Amazing the things you find…
in your inbox when you’ve been away for a week.  I’m finally getting to the last of the emails that I couldn’t get to last week when I was in Florida and lookie what I found from one of my favorite sites, Cata’s Single Titles: Happy Friday, As you may have heard, our website for single title romance has recently undergone a complete redesign and relaunch. We’re merging ecataromance into singletitles.com to bring readers a one stop spot for reviews, interviews and excerpts. We’re also accepting mysteries and thrillers for review now as well. We’re obvio

Add a healthy dose of humor to your diet…
with the latest Dames’ Dozen.  Denise Dietz, author of the Diet Club Mystery series is in the spotlight today on the Dames of Dialogue blog.  Her answers, not to mention the titles of her books, will put a smile on your face and give you some insight into what makes this fascinating woman tick.  Throw in a few promotion tips for authors and a romance that will warm your heart, and you have a highly entertaining and informative interview. So instead of strangling a loaf of Italian bread or be