My Journal

Bend Your Eyes: Light and Shadows
Bend Your Eyes: Light and Shadows

It's time to Bend Your Eyes again!  If you played along last week, the answer to Branded can be found at the bottom of this post. Now for this week: what do you think this is? Be specific, and don’t be afraid to get creative. Leave your guess in the comments below,...

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Spring Renewal
Spring Renewal

  As you know, I spent several days in the last couple of weeks stalking the cherry blossoms here in DC. I'm so happy I got to see them, and I wanted to be sure to share some of what I found with all my internet friends. No matter what is going on in the world...

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Bend Your Eyes: Branded
Bend Your Eyes: Branded

It's time to Bend Your Eyes again!  If you played along last week, the answer to It's Shiny can be found at the bottom of this post. Now for this week: what do you think this is? Be specific, and don’t be afraid to get creative. Leave your guess in the comments below,...

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Birthdays: Looking Back? or Looking Forward?
Birthdays: Looking Back? or Looking Forward?

Today I'm doing something a bit different. It's my birthday month, and as it turns out it's a lot of other people's birthday month as well. To celebrate, Stacy Green is hosting a Birthday Book Bash. That's right, it's a party, and we're giving away a Visa gift card,...

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Bend Your Eyes: It’s Shiny
Bend Your Eyes: It’s Shiny

It's time to Bend Your Eyes again! What do you think this is? Be specific, and don’t be afraid to get creative. Leave your guess in the comments below, then check back tomorrow to see if you're right!

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Stalking Cherry Blossoms
Stalking Cherry Blossoms

I'm officially a stalker. I've been to the Tidal Basin twice, so far, and plan on at least two or three more trips down there to document every single change in those cherry blooms which, by the way, took their own sweet time in arriving. Why am I doing this? I'm...

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Movie Review: Skyfall
Movie Review: Skyfall

Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem and Naomie Harris It seems to me the last few Bond movies have been trying to add a depth to the character that I'm not sure is needed. Why, exactly, do people go to see a Bond movie anyway? Great action, a fun story, and a character that...

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Cover Story
Cover Story

  As I promised, I'm about to take you on a behind the scenes tour of the cover of my upcoming novel Stronger Than Magic. Creating cover art is a lot like writing a story, with a visual twist. Also a few headaches, a lot of angst, several changes in direction and...

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Sneaky Sneaky!
Sneaky Sneaky!

I have a surprise! Yes, at long last and after much teasing, the cover of my debut novel is...debuting! Diane Capri, author of the truly fantastic Hunt for Reacher series (if you like Lee Child you will love these stories), interviewed me about my first novel and...

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