Wonderful News
"McKettrick's Luck", I'm happy to say, debuted at #5 on the New York Times bestseller list, and is #8 on the USA Today list to boot!!I had a fabulous time on my trip to Phoenix to promote the new book, and there is so much to tell you! I'll probably be spending all of...
A Slight Change
There's been a change in my schedule for my visit to Phoenix. I won't be signing at the shelter this time, because of the Superbowl. Instead, I'll be at the Desert Ridge Barnes and Noble at seven pm this Friday, the 2nd. "McKettrick's Luck" is off to a great start!...
The Big Day
"McKettrick's Luck" is out there! I'm so excited, I woke up in the middle of the night, like a kid at Christmastime.All I've got to say is, "Go, Jesse! Go, Cheyenne!"
For I Am Persuaded…
...that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39....
The Newsletter
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Flowers AND Five Cleopatras!!
Yesterday was a wonderful day!!I finally nailed down the first chapter of my new book.I received a breathtaking bouquet of flowers from my wonderful publishers, in celebration of the starred review from Publisher's Weekly, for "McKettrick's Pride". What could I do, I...
Skater’s Waltz
Yesterday afternoon, I was privileged to attend a segment of the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, right here in Spokane. What a spectacle of beauty, grace and physical fitness it was.The ice was smooth as glass, and the skaters, magical in their glittering, fabulous...
Hallmark Moments
I'm a sucker for those Hallmark commercials on TV, especially the ones they show around the holidays--the little boy doing show and tell with various ornaments to mark stages in his life--the man with the lantern, hiking through the snow to stand on a hilltop and read...
How I Spent My Sunday
I spent all of yesterday vegging in my bathrobe, with the fire going and the cats and dogs nearby, and it was heaven. I read "The Lady in the Palazzo" and relived my own happy times in Italy. I savored the delectable Italian cousine without gaining an ounce, attended...
Friday—Again
Today, estimates from a plumber and a flooring company. (The campaign against carpets continues.) I've pretty much accepted that revising and polishing a completed manuscript will take precedence over writing a new one.Not that I'm sad about that. But I'm one for...
Slow Start This Morning!
It's snowing.This has been one of those weeks where life kept happening while I was making other plans. Nothing bad, certainly--just busy things. A newspaper interview on Monday, lunch with Mom on Tuesday, picking up my new car on Wednesday, and today, another meeting...
Getting It “Right”
I confess.I'm a perfectionist. And it's something I'd really like to overcome.So often, I'm so focused on getting-it-right that I miss the whole point of the project or experience, which is learning. If I get 10 good reviews on one of my books, for instance, and one...