I'm working with Kirsten Cappy at Curious City book marketing on a Magic Repair Shop website. She  has been working with illustrators from Maine College of Art to create character and product illustrations. The students got to look at and parts of all three repair shop books and then submit sketches for a repair shop sign, Maggie, Hasenpfeffer and ( Read more... )

Well, after feeling depressed and lethargic for the last two years turns out I have a B-12 defincy. Taking supplements and feeling sooooo much more alert now and kicking myself for not getting checked out when I had three books to write last year and felt paralyzed.

Awesome and prolific author, Jessica Burkhart, is giving away a copy of book two in ( Read more... )

I'm a guest blogger at All Things Urban Fantasy this week along with a slew of other paranormal authors. We'reall giving away free books and  taking on Urban Legends as seen/told through our character's eyes. Kiki Crusher from Slayed is retelling her own icky connection to the Choking Doberman Legend.

http://allthingsurbanfantasy.blogspot.com/

I've ( Read more... )

Can't wait to get our new girl home to be a little sister to Griffin!!!


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October is (among other things) adopt a shelter dog month and we're doing just that! Mailie, soon to be renamed Penny will be arriving from Louisana on Saturday. I'll be following her progress here: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/White-Cottage-OH/Rescue-Road-Trips/120201024067 This is the facebook page of the transporter who makes several runs a ( Read more... )

So I've been on the South Beach Diet for the last ten days, but I quit yesterday. I was exhausted, and after falling alseep on the couch before noonyesterday,  I decided it's just not worth it. Had and apple and a sandwhich and felt sooooo much better--plus I still lost a pound. The bonus is that after losing seven pounds my bad knee hasn't been ( Read more... )

Getting back to live journal has been fun, but I'd forgotten how SLOW it can be. I wish you could just post under or entry or hit 'like' like on facebook. All the going back and forth seems like it's waisting more time than it should.

http://allthingsurbanfantasy.blogspot.com/2010/09/spooky-legends-event-oct-18th-31st.html

I'll be tackling those nasty alligators in the sewers in NYC through the eyes of Kiki Crusher--washed up child start/former singer in the kiddie rock band The Disco Unicorns, and wannabe vampire slayer featured in Slayed. Her BFF, and main  character in Slayed, ( Read more... )

Can be found here:

http://www.bookswithbite.net/2010/09/arc-of-slayed-by-amanda-marrone.html

There is also a link to their review in the comments. And I just read one of the official reviews--yay! I was told not to share it yet as it may be tweaked, but it was a good one! Hopefully I'll get my author copies soon and give some away with my first ( Read more... )

So far:

America's Sweethearts
Being John Malkovich *
Grace is Gone*
Must Love Dogs
Serendipity* Very cute, lol moments, a sweet ending--and thankfully some chemistry between the leads.

On Deck: High Fidelity and Runaway Jury. I'm dying to rewatch The Sure Thing but hubby wants to watch it too--only there's always sports on--like until the end of ( Read more... )