Yay, it’s finally out! I know my readers who wait for my books to come out in paperback have been waiting a loooong time for this one. It looks great in trade paperback size, and it includes an interview with me about the story. Of course, there are reader discussion group questions available on my…

Well, the title above about sums up my day! It began at the Opium Den, where Allie told me her father was killed by a whale. Now that definitely perked me up. She’s alluded to this before, but now I know how it happened. The first chapter, at this moment in time, is from Andy’s…

I love research! I experimented at one time with having an assistant help me with it, but quickly discovered that I was missing out on one of the most pleasurable parts of writing. . . and that I’m a control freak and have to have my hands in everything. So while I was in New…

John picked me up from the airport yesterday and we drove straight to the hospital. Here I am holding little GW, just a day and a half old. We’re going to have such fun!              

My new agent and I met for lunch. What a warm and enthusiastic woman she is! I’m thrilled to be working with her. And on a slightly less important note, I had corn soup (to die for!) and endive salad with glazed pecans, slivers of pear and yummy gorgonzola. The restaurant is in Chatham (NJ)…

Well, all it took to drive my stepdaughter into labor was for me to leave town! My new yet-to-be-named grandson entered the world at 3:30 this morning. I sooo wanted to be there, but fortunately Brittany’s mom, Shari, was visiting from Virginia so she can take care of NJ (the two year old) and keep…

I’m off to New Jersey in the morning to visit my sister and brother-in-law, have dinner with my brother and lunch with my agent. Not sure how often I’ll be able to get online there, so I thought I’d better check in now. It’s interesting packing to fly these days. I just emptied hand lotion, chapstick…

I can tell that keeping track of what day I’m on is not going to work. Today, I finally told Pippa to take a break, as it was time to learn about her mother, Joanna. Joanna told me a lot about her son, Andy, and it’s really kind of heartbreaking. Maybe you know people like…

I didn’t get the work done this weekend that I needed to, mainly preparing website pages for the site remodeling. Nor did I get much done on my WIP. I like to work on it everyday. I got a little done yesterday, but today was a lost cause. My choir sang at a different church…

 What an intriguing premise! Imagine your daughter has leukemia and needs a genetic match for blood, platelets, bone marrow, etc. No one in the family matches her. So you and your spouse create a genetically engineered baby who will be a perfect donor for anything your child needs. Everytime the sick daughter goes into medical crisis, part of…