Category Archives: Books

Wednesday’s Words that Speak to Me

When I’m reading, sometimes I remember to mark quotes or language that makes me sit up and say, “Damn! I wish I’d written that!” Or snippets that make me laugh or cry or just touch me in some form. So … Continue reading

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Wednesday Words – Going Dark

As some of you know, I got sucked into rereading the Carpathian novels (at least the first few) by Christine Feehan. I discovered the series at a time when I was NOT reading romance and paranormal romance was an unknown … Continue reading

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Wednesday’s Words – Guest Blogging and Stuff

I’m over at my friend and sister author Siobahn Muir’s THE WEIRD, THE WILD, AND THE WICKED Blog doing an interview and discussion about CHRISTMAS MOON. Come on over. You might learn something new about me, the book, or the … Continue reading

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Monday’s Market asks Why?

Did everyone have a great weekend? Oklahoma State (ranked #10 at the time) beat Baylor (ranked #4) so it was a good football weekend around here, despite the cold–including sleet and snow yesterday. Brrrrr! Okay, remember that Jingle Bell K-Mart … Continue reading

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New Week, Old Work

How was everyone’s weekend? My OSU Cowboys won. Crossing fingers they can keep it up but they’ve got a hard schedule coming up. It’ll be a fight. I started reading DEADTOWN by Nancy Holzner, based on B.E.’s recommendation. I’m not … Continue reading

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Happy Book Birthday, Season of the Witch!

And Happy Halloween, too! With witches, vampires, fae, gargoyles, and werewolves, what better day for SEASON OF THE WITCH to arrive! Today is set aside for some tricks and a lot of treats! The party will be here and on … Continue reading

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Wednesday Words – An Excerpt from Season of the Witch

Wait? Do you know what day it is? MikeMikeMikeMikeMike! It’s Wednesday! Guess what that makes tomorrow?!? RELEASE DAY!!!!!!!! *breathes into a paper bag* I don’t know why I’m more nervous about this release than I have been about any other. … Continue reading

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Thursday with Romulus Jones

I’m behind on getting the secondary characters’ page set up with photos and bios so you’ll just have to meet them here until I get caught up. Today, I managed to snag Romulus Jones, the alpha of the Jones werewolf … Continue reading

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Chicken Soup Books

What’s a chicken soup book? That’s a book you reach for when you need a hug, or a laugh, or something to make you feel better. It’s the book you’ve read over and over and over and could read it … Continue reading

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Thursday with…Nikos Constantine (and here be dragons)

I know I said I was going to do this on Tuesdays but I got distracted. Life happens, right? However, I’ve had to keep a rather irate dragon pacing around all tail-lashy and glaring. Good thing he’s pretty to look … Continue reading

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