by Maria Geraci As I write this, I have no idea who will be the winner of the new NBC show The Voice. I will say, that I have thoroughly enjoyed the show and really like all four of the finalists. But hands down for me, my favorite has been Dia Frampton, the beautiful, shy, folksy indie […]
By Elizabeth S. Craig Some days it’s tough to find time to write. But I really have to squeeze it in. I have an approach that works really well (except, well, when life happens): The Set-Up—the Night Before: I make a list of what I’m writing the next day. By no means can I call […]
Families use Facebook to keep in touch, same with teenagers, and authors use it to let people know about their books. I’ve heard some say they don’t understand Facebook or what the great attraction is–frankly I don’t understand those people. Here’s why I love it. I have a huge family and many of them are […]
Long Gone by Alafair Burke After a layoff and months of struggling, Alice Humphrey finally lands her dream job managing a new art gallery in Manhattan’s trendy Meatpacking District.According to Drew Campbell, the well-suited corporate representative who hires her, the gallery is a passion project for its anonymous, wealthy, and eccentric owner. Drew assures Alice […]
by Maria Geraci A few months ago while watching as I manually jotted down an important date into my calendar, a friend convinced me that I wasn’t taking full advantage of my iPhone. “What’s the use of having a smart phone if you’re not going to be smart about using it?” she said to me. […]
or, Ah crap, just move already; I’m tired of emailing you and want to have coffee in person. by Bethany Maines So I’m trying to persuade my one-time college roommate, and old fiend The Hobo (not her real name), to pack up her stick and kerchief and move back to Washington State after graduate […]
This was the pond by our campsite One of the many gorgeous scenic views in Sedona Sedona is one of the most gorgeous places I’ve ever visited. Around every turn is a surprising and mouth-dropping vista. Besides the book events I did, we traipsed all over and even took a Pink […]
A heart shaped sticker on a piece of duct tape is a vital clue in a murder mystery. Truth is stranger than fiction. I’ve been watching and/or listening to the Casey Anthony murder trial on CNN via the computer The good thing about the computer live feed is no commercials. No talking heads. Just what […]
by Susan McBride I am fiercely right-brained and numbers-challenged enough not to have balanced my checkbook in twenty years, if ever. There’s something about math that makes my mind go blank. How I was ever a card-carrying member of Mu Alpha Theta—the honors math club—is a freakin’ mystery, right up there with Black Holes and […]
Do you have a favorite tune that you can’t get out of your head? Or a song that reminds you of something from the past? A beat that, the moment you hear it, makes you get up and dance? We do! So we figured we’d share our best “pick-me-up” music with y’all, and see what […]