Guest post: Terence Hawkins, author of THE RAGE OF ACHILLES
Terence Hawkins’ debut novel, THE RAGE OF ACHILLES, a modern retelling of the THE ILIAD, debuted earlier this month. It "has the paradoxical, invigorating effect of making Homer's epic feel oddly familiar, and of highlighting its deep strangeness at the same time," says Tom Perrotta, author of LITTLE CHILDREN.

4th day of NaNoWriMo
I have a whole new level of respect for people who accomplish the goal of writing 50,000 words in a month. Yesterday was the first day I even reached the daily minimum of 1,667 words (just a tad over, actually). The first two days? Not even close. So I'm already behind.

I'm hanging out at Caroline Leavitt's place today...
Come by and say hi. We're talking about THE BELLY DANCER and the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and Little Egypt and some other fun stuff...http://carolineleavittville.blogspot.com/2009/10/read-this-book-belly-dancer.htmlHurry before all the cookies and chocolates are gone :-)

Another great review...
This time from the lovely Bonita Oteri at Gilded Serpent.Here's an excerpt:"...author DeAnna Cameron deftly peels back the layers of Gay Nineties society and affords a richly descriptive and fascinating glimpse into the life, times and giddy excite

More photos from the Laguna Beach book signing...
The O.C. Register photographer who attended the book signing and belly dance showcase at Laguna Beach Books on Sept. 4 put 17 of her photos together in a slideshow on the newspaper's Web site.You can check them out here:http://www.ocr