Today is National Book Lovers Day. I won’t ask you what your favorite book is, because if you’re like me, you have many. So I’ll ask instead, what book or books have touched you most, or which have you reread many times, or which would you recommend to everyone? I’ll start. Markus Zuzak’s The Book …
My work computer is over 6 years old and barely functional. It takes me two or three times as long as it should to do even simple tasks, and you can forget fancy stuff like, say reading pdf files. I talked the powers that be into ordering me a new one because–who knew??–professors nowadays need …
Dreamspinner sale! Time to stock up on Kim Fielding titles! Dreamspinner Press We reached 5000 likes on Facebook and therefore all of you get a 20% discount on one purchase! The purchase can be as big or small as you wish and the coupon is valid for one purchase per customer during one year: …
Dog days of August? Here’s a heads-up on some things I have brewing soon: On Aug 11 from 11-4 Pacific Time, I’ll be hosting a chat on Dreamspinner Press’s Facebook account. Friend DSP now and you can join in. I’ll have a giveaway and I’ll ask and answer questions. On Aug 13, DSP’s anthology Animal Magnetism …
Last year I had the amazing opportunity to live in Croatia with my older daughter for 5 months. It was truly a once-in-a-lifetime chance. We lived in Zagreb and traveled as much as possible. Some of my travels helped inspire a novel that I recently submitted to a publisher. But today I wanted to share …
In case you haven’t noticed, it’s August. That means temps around 100F here in the boring part of California, and it means chauffeuring children and supervising playdates and finding ways to pry the children off electronic gadgets. And it means that on a daily basis I hear the familiar whine: “I’m boooooored!” Lately it occurred to …
I’m taking part in The Romance Review’s Sizzling Summer Reads contest. Visit their site July 31 and answer an easy quiz question about Good Bones (and a bunch of other romance novels). There are lots of prizes, including free books and a $100 gift certificate.
I’m guest posting about communication today at H.C. Brown’s blog–and giving away a free book! Just comment here to enter to win.
Now through July 31, all in-stock books–including ebooks–are 25% off at Dreamspinner.
I was going to call this a portmanteau post, and then a quick check of how to spell the term led me to Wikipedia, which reminded me that the term “portmanteau word” was coined by Lewis Carroll. I imagine if he’d survived to the 21st century he might have appreicated portmanteau posts too. So, first thing: a …