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Last night, I went to the Barnes and Noble at Brier Creek here in Raleigh to hear New York Times Bestselling author Kelley Armstrong read from her latest YA book. As a treat, she actually read the first chapter of a fourth Dark Powers book that hasn’t even been published! It was, by the way, fantastic. She pulled me in right from the start with a scene about two girls swimming in a lake – and something mysterious deep in the lake that pulls them under. Spooky! Kelley was extremely nice and very well-spoken. She answered a ton of questions…

Wow, it’s already May and I am only up to 12 books so far this year. Not terribly impressive, I know, but at least I’m reading. Ender’s Game is a book that my husband loved when he was young, and he has been telling me I need to read it for years now. At just over 300 pages, it’s a relatively short book, and I pretty much devoured it. If you are one of the few people who aren’t familiar with this book, it’s one I definitely recommend. The New York Times says, “Intense is the word for Ender’s Game….

This morning, I heard the news that the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville is flooded! Yikes! Six feet of standing water is what one news article said. Possibly closed for months, said another. The RWA National Conference is scheduled for the last week of July, so hopefully the hotel will be repaired and open for business by then. All we can do is wait and see. Of course, the most important thing right now is the safety of the people of Nashville. Apparently, thousands of homes have flooded and many people have been evacuated. I read on one site that…

This morning, I heard the news that the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville is flooded! Yikes! Six feet of standing water is what one news article said. Possibly closed for months, said another. The RWA National Conference is scheduled for the last week of July, so hopefully the hotel will be repaired and open for business by then. All we can do is wait and see. Of course, the most important thing right now is the safety of the people of Nashville. Apparently, thousands of homes have flooded and many people have been evacuated. I read on one site that…

It’s crazy, but I find myself thinking about the RWA National Conference several times a day. And it’s still something like 12 weeks away! I know from going last year that this is not a make or break event when it comes to my career, but I also know that it can open up doors that might be harder to open elsewhere. That’s why I have my sights firmly set on getting this novel completed by the time I go. 7,000 words a week should do it. And still give me time to revise and polish the manuscript before I…

I knew that Sandra Bullock would eventually come out of hiding. After all, an Oscar winning actress can’t stay out of the public eye for too long. Well, not unless she’s ready to give up her career completely. I pictured Sandra as a very unhappy, teary-eyed woman privately mourning the death of her marriage. What I did not picture was this radiant woman who showed up on the cover of People magazine yesterday holding a newborn baby boy. How the hell did she keep that a secret? The news is that Sandra and her soon to be ex-husband had been…