Book Giveaway Winners!

Happy New Year! It’s time to reveal the winners of my December book giveaway! Thank you to everyone who commented on my blog and Facebook page this past month. I’ve enjoyed connecting with you. It’s time for the big moment. My dog let me borrow his hat for the drawing. (Thanks, Uno!) All the contestantsContinue reading “Book Giveaway Winners!”

The 10 Best Books I Read in 2015

This year I read 78 books. You can see the full list on my Goodreads page. There’s a lot of good stuff in that list—poetry, nonfiction, young adult, middle grade, horror, modern, classic—it was a good year for my book-loving soul. But a few books stood out above the rest. They’ve stuck with me, lingeringContinue reading “The 10 Best Books I Read in 2015”

The Night Before Deadline

  The Night Before Deadline ‘Twas the night before deadline, and all over my desk not a character stirred—the manuscript was a mess. The computer was on, the cursor was blinking in hopes that a plotline would soon enter my thinking. The coffee cups were empty, the blogs had been read, yet nothing—no nothing!—danced inContinue reading “The Night Before Deadline”