Posts Tagged ‘“Secrets She Left Behind”’
Marcus's Operation Bumblebee Tower
If you’ve read Before the Storm or Secrets She Left Behind, you know that my character, Marcus, lives in an unusual house. After World War II, the US Navy ran a secret program called Operation Bumblebee on Topsail Island (where I just happen to be for the weekend). The program was designed to develop and test supersonic…
Read MoreStates' Rights
I’d like you all to welcome Alexandra Sokoloff to my blog. Alex is one of my Scribbler buddies here in North Carolina, and she is . . . well, she’s one of a kind! And she’s the master of intelligent, spooky books. I can relate a bit to what she writes below, since I lived…
Read MoreThe Sequel Dilemma Revisited
Want to win a copy of The Courage Tree? Check out Emilie Richards’ interview of me on her blog and leave a comment by June 3rd. Good luck! I can’t sleep. It’s this dang sequel dilemma. Remind me never to write…
Read MoreHow Do You Read?
Want to win a copy of The Courage Tree? Check out Emilie Richards’ interview of me on her blog and leave a comment. Good luck! In my last post (which must have set a record for the number of comments on my blog!), several people mentioned two quirks about reading novels that fascinated me. The…
Read MoreRedRoom Picks My Video as Video of the Week!
Wow, this is so nice! RedRoom.com, which is a community of readers and published authors, selected one of my writing videos as its video of the week. I’m so pleased, and pleased for John as well, since he produced it (he also produced my video for Secrets She Left Behind. You can see all my…
Read MoreA Few More Topsail Island Party Pix
With my honey, John. So rare for him to be in front of the camera rather than behind it! With some of the guests–Mike and Linda Hendricks and Sandy Sly. Everyone on Topsail Island looks so tanned and healthy. It’s clear that beach living agrees with…
Read MoreBefore the Storm, Down Under
The contest continues! Win a vacation on Topsail Island and help me celebrate my 20 years as an author by clicking here to learn more. You may enter once a day. I received my copies of the Australian edition of Before the Storm today. I guess the book is being released there right now, or will be very…
Read MoreThe Videos: An Unexpected Bonus
The contest continues! Win a vacation on Topsail Island and help me celebrate my 20 years as an author by clicking here to learn more. You may enter once a day. When I created the new videos about “my writing life” for my website, my plan was simply to answer the questions I’m frequently asked, so that when readers…
Read MoreThe Contest: Would You Like a Vacation on Topsail Isand?
I’m thrilled to unveil the contest we’ve been waiting for! A while back, I asked you, my blog readers, for ways I could celebrate my twenty year anniversary as an author with you. Frequent commenter, Glen Pierce, took the ball and ran with it! Glen lives on Topsail Island, North Carolina, the setting for Before the…
Read MoreWebsite Update!
My website’s had a bit of an update that I want to share with you. The layout is different for the home page, the books page and a few other areas here and there. Secrets She Left Behind , available May 26th, is now the featured book, and you can read Chapter One if you…
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