Category: about

  • In which I’m mistaken for one of my all-time favorite authors …

    In which I’m mistaken for one of my all-time favorite authors …

    I was flattered at the Poisoned Pen this week. Kristan Higgins is one of my favorite romantic comedy writers, so when I heard she’d be at The Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale on a tour for her latest book, On Second Thought, I requested a day off from work so I could go down and see her. […]

  • Getting to know me …

    Getting to know me …

    Hi there! It’s been a while since I blogged—and it’s been even longer since I’ve done one of those fill-in-the-blank surveys. You know the ones … They’re often passed around on Facebook or from blogger to blogger (especially in the healthy living/lifestyle blogosphere). I’ve done them before, usually over on my practically defunct weight-loss blog. […]

  • Seven things you don’t know about me

    Seven things you don’t know about me

    The “Seven Things You Don’t Know About Me” post has been going around Facebook lately — and I thought it’d make a great post for the ol’ neglected blog. (I’m trying to blog more regularly … really I am.) Here they are, in no particular order. 1. After reading Gone With the Wind in seventh […]

  • Gripped by NaNo fever

    Gripped by NaNo fever

    Can I make a confession? I came to the NaNoWriMo party somewhat late. For the uninitiated, NaNo is the (some say crazy) push to write a 50,000-word novel in 30 days, from Nov. 1-30. I joined the push for the first time in 2009, with the intent of writing about 40K to finish BLIND DATE […]