The Cover Has Landed

Just a short post today, to say… I have an official cover for the book!!!  And here it is: I think it’s pretty darned gorgeous, and I’m very, very excited.  Carina Press always does such wonderful covers…  *happy sigh* (hey, that’s my name on that thing! 😀 ) I also have official cover copy, and […]

For My Father On Father’s Day

I’ve been writing fiction for years, with various degrees of serious intent.  Sometimes I thought I wanted to become a published author.  Sometimes I thought it was just too bloody much work. I was having something of a crisis of faith about 2 1/2 years ago.  I was working on a romance manuscript that never seemed to be finished.  […]

RWA-NYC

As some of you may know, I’m heading to New York City in less than two weeks to attend the RWA National conference. And in EXACTLY two weeks from this MOMENT, give or take an hour, I shall be sweeping majestically into the freaking Waldorf Astoria hotel as one of the attendees of the Harlequin […]

Some Commitment Issues

*twittering*   *chirping*   *chatter* Yo! …I KNOW!  I can’t BELIEVE that Brooke Shields…wait. *shifts to new browser tab*  Oh.  It’s you. Hello. Betsy. Blogosphere. What are you doing here? Well, I kinda thought we had a…date. Did we? *crosses arms* Today’s Tuesday.  You know, time for a blog post.  Three times a week, remember? I […]

Social Media: The Poem

As social media in all of its many, many, MANY forms has become a major part of my life, I, naturally, felt the urge to write a poem about it. And I am happy to present this fine work of literature to you, my dearest, closest friends. PS – note the colon in the title of the poem. When […]

Self-Challenge Update

It’s been a while since I posted a self-challenge update and, since I didn’t have anything else planned for tonight, this seemed as good a time as any to do so. Goal 1 – write every day I’ve written every day since May 30th with the exception of Tuesday, June 7th.  I missed Tuesday because I was […]