Photo Thursday: Naomi's Shoes

I don't claim to be a great photographer, but Naomi wanted to show off her new fancy footwear for all my blogging friends. Butterfly sli...

We have a WINNER!

Thanks to Random.org, we have winner for last week's contest. This winner will receive a signed copy of Sara J. Henry's debut LEARNI...

My Critique Partner is Getting Published!

I hope you don't mind me gushing all over the place for a sec. A critique partner of mine, S.J. Kincaid, (her blog is  here ) signed a t...

Today

Today is an exciting day because: (1) My baby is one month old edible, yes? (2) I just mopped my kitchen floor (3) I am getting my hair cut ...

A Tale of Two Valentine's Days

Today's post was supposed to be about the Dashingly Handsome Sidekick's and my first date, which  happened to be on Valentine's ...

LEARNING TO SWIM Contest & Interview with Sara J. Henry

It's contest time! I'm thrilled to announce that my talented blog-friend Sara J. Henry's debut novel, LEARNING TO SWIM (Crown),...

Good News, Bad News

 The good news is: I'm hosting a contest tomorrow! You could win an autographed copy of an amazing new book. My beautiful mother wi...

Blogfest Debriefing

My biggest fear about participating in Brenda Drake's blogfest was that I'd be a FLAKY participant. I knew there was no way I could...

Blogfest Time: First Line

How can it be February 7 already!? February 7 is the first day of  the  It was a Dark and Stormy Blogfest Contest . Yippee! And to participa...