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No, I didn’t have a book signing (though I helped with a couple friends’ signings). Since my book isn’t out till October there’s really nothing to sign. But I had a badge to get in to ADVANCE, and we markered AUTHOR on the bottom of ours. In many ways, walking around the floor at ADVANCE was like a kiss from …

Tuesday and Wednesday I’ll be at the Christian Booksellers Association Advance in Indy. I don’t think I could be more excited if I had a ticket to the Grammys. Or Oscars. Or fill in your blank event. I have wanted to go to a CBA conference since my friend Joanna got to go while her Dad was an exec for …

Anicz. Congratulations, you’ve won a copy of Scoop!

This week I had time to read two great books. The first was Death, Deceit and some Smooth Jazz by Claudia Mair Burney. The second was If the Shoe Fits by Marilyn Griffith. These were the first books I’d read by both these women, but won’t be the last. If the Shoe Fits focuses on the life of Rochelle Gardner, …

According to Jeff Foxworthy (and experience) you know you’re in Nebraska if: If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May …..you live in Nebraska. If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don’t work there …. you live in Nebraska. If you’ve worn shorts and a parka at the same time …. you …

Throw your hat in the ring. Come on. You know you want to. Well at least a quarter of the US Senators want to and the rest are probably thinking about it. If you watched any of the post State of the Union coverage, most of the discussion seemed to focus on whether Republicans can recover and the spin of …

If you’re interested in learning more about my writing journey, MaryAnn Diorio posted an interview yesterday on her great blog. Check it out here. It’s still surreal to be asked to do interviews!

Every weekday I get a clipping from a legal news service. Somedays, there’s nothing interesting in the stack. Other days there are all kinds of stories that grab my attention. Here’s a sample from today: The Washington Post reported today on the high incidence of respiratory illnesses in people who worked at the Ground Zero site. Many states have minimum …