Salutations March-May, 2019

Two posts in two weeks? As I tell my guy after I fix a bang-up dinner, don't get used to it! But I wouldn't want to leave you with the impression that Louise Penny consumed all my reading energy this year. Not so! Here are other books that grabbed my reading time in the last …

Salutations: The Penny Edition

I've neglected my blog for months. Too busy reading, writing, revising, and traveling. Oh right. And teaching. And now as I write, the sun shines warm, the garden is planted, school is out, and I have a need to let the denouement of my next novel simmer. So among my summer goals is to catch …

Salutations January-February 2019

Hey, hey it's my birthday! Happy birthday to me! And it is happy. My sweetheart will take me out for a special dinner this evening (and is even now buying a few new wines for me to try. I know this man!) I brought my friends a chance to get Come Back free today, just …

Salutations Nov-Dec 2018

Breathe... breathe again... Does it seem as though you need reminders to just breathe? Feels that way to me. From mid-November to January 1, I felt a need to catch up with myself. I look at people who have every right to feel more harried than I - women with kids and jobs and pets, …

Discussion Questions for Book Clubs

I recently discovered that our library system offers 'Book Club Kits' - books for loan with discussion questions. Cool! You can find their offerings - including my novel Come Back here. In the meantime, consider adding Come Back to your book club list. These questions might spark your interest as well as deep discussions. And do remember that …

Salutations: September-October 2018

The start of classes, fun days out, upcoming shows for wearable art, books I've read... It's fall!

Salutations July-August, 2018

Since I was away between July and August and so wanted to capture my rhapsodies about my reason for being away (Here’s to Twenty-Two!) when I got back, this issue of Salutations covers two of my all-time favorite months - SUMMER!  In this first week of September - and yes, I am back to school …

Come Back @rabtbooktours @SallyCrosiar

Here's another stop on my first blog tour at Truly Trendy.com:  Come Back @rabtbooktours @SallyCrosiar Today's the last day of the tour, so don't miss your chance to sign up for a free signed copy of Come Back!

Novel News Network Reviews Come Back

My novel and I have been on a blog tour the last couple weeks - not that I knew what a blog tour was till now. See one kind review by Novel News Network here: Come Back. Check out the other sites as well to find interesting books these book bloggers are featuring. And there's still …

Here’s to Twenty-Two!

Twenty-two years ago, I traveled to Orlando to facilitate team-building activities for a client whose business mystified and overwhelmed me. Two people I had only met once assembled a team of twenty-five or so, all of whom more experienced, competent, and clued-in than I. I remember meeting people from Colorado, Chicago, New England, Atlanta, the …