I know I promised to announce the giveaway on Thursday. In my defense, I started it on Thursday, but there simply aren’t enough hours in the day. Which is what I’m sure our grandmothers must have thought when they worked from sunup until sundown. Okay, maybe not all of your grandmothers, but I know mine certainly did. One thing I …
Blog Tour Highlights
Are you enjoying the Stardust Blog Tour? A couple of days in, and I’m loving all the variety that bloggers come up with. Some won’t post until Thursday or Friday so there are still more surprises waiting. I just want to thank you all for following along. Here are some of the highlights so far: A chance to meet Ludi, …
America’s Future
Today I had the sublime opportunity to talk to a group of students. Yes, I knew it was launch day for Stardust, but I’d been talking to a teacher for awhile, and the students at her small central Oklahoma school would soon be dispersing for the summer, so we set a date for me to visit. What a splendid way …
STARDUST Blog Tour – May 15 – 18
Two years ago this month, Max and I took a trip to East Texas for our anniversary. A few weeks before that, an idea for my next book had come to me – something quaint with a small town feel. A place where readers would feel welcome. A few other ideas bubbled up, none of them particularly related, but they …
A Day for Remembering
Happy Mother’s Day! Whether you’re a mom, a daughter, a son, a grandmother, a grandchild or some variation therein, I hope you’ve taken time to remember the ones who’ve influenced your life. I wrote about the precious memories of my mom for BookReporter as a special Mother’s Day series. Take some time to browse the other author stories to see …
Pioneer Days, 2012
After months of anticipation and preparation, Pioneer Days in the hometown of Guymon, OK, finally arrived. Sometimes the anticipation exceeds the enjoyment of the actual event, but not this time. I’m so proud of my dad who was chosen from a field of candidates to be the Parade Marshal for this year’s parade. We had to submit a bio which …
Countdown to Release Date for Stardust
This title is actually somewhat of a misnomer as Stardust has shipped early from some outlets and has been spotted in a few Barnes and Noble stores already. My author copies are here, and so it begins. May 15 is the actual release date, and that’s when the real hoopla gets rolling. Early reports are fantastic. Some sweet reviews. This …
My First Skype Book Club Visit
I know. I know. Skype has been around awhile. Like so many other tech-y things, it sounded intimidating. Another gadgety thing to learn. AND there was the fact that it would be MY FACE on the screen in someone else’s living room. And then . . . . my friend Sarah Sundin wrote and told me her book club in …
STARDUST Book Video
In three short weeks, STARDUST will release. I can’t wait for y’all to read it! Everything about this book has been pure delight – from the research trip to East Texas to letting the characters dance onto the pages to seeing the cover my publisher created to holding the first hot-off-the press copy in my hands. It’s a feeling I …
Springtime Lagniappe
Lagniappe – that good ol’ Southern word that means something a little extra. Today it’s a photo fest of the best that’s blooming here in my little corner of the world. The south corner of our house has been a mess for two years. We’d removed some shrubs that had taken over, planning to replant last summer. We had the …