What a Week It Was!

Well, it's taken me a week to recuperate and get back into the swing of things since I got home from San Francisco.  Was it all worth it?  Damn straight!

I was supposed to be at the RWA National Conference as a writer.  I started writing only a year or so ago, so I was really looking forward to learning more about the craft.  But who was I trying to kid?  I was 99.9% reader in San Francisco.   I couldn't help myself.  Everywhere I looked were authors I'd been reading for years, authors who I just discovered, and even newer authors who I hadn't yet discovered while at the conference.   And the books!  You've all seen my TBR mountain.  You all know how bad my addiction is.  There was no way in hell anyone could have kept me away from the books in the city by the bay, no matter how they tried.  So while I did learn a little, I had a dream of a week just schmoozing and staring in awe the majority of the week. Read more

Tags: 2008, Bonnie Edwards, C.L. Wilson, Christina Dodd, Elizabeth Hoyt, Gena Showalter, Jennifer Ashley, Jill Shalvis, Jo Davis, Julia Quinn, Kathryn Smith, Kresley Cole, Lisa Kleypas, Lorraine Heath, Lynda Sandoval, Marianne Stillings, Melissa Mayhue, Nancy Haddock, RWA, Sandy Blair, Shana Abe, Susan Crandall, Susan Edwards, Tracy Garrett

How Could I Forget Something So Important?

I had everything planned. Really, I did. Yeah, right. I had plans too. Besides meeting and chatting with all the authors I've gotten to know online over the past several years, I was going to write to ya'll and let you know what's happening. What's stopped me? I forgot my wireless adapter for my laptop. Hmmmm. Do I have a brain? I thought my brain was intact and figured it would be so until I met my first real, live author. Maybe not.  Read more

Tags: 2008, C.L. Wilson, Caroline Linden, Connie Brockway, Elizabeth Hoyt, Jade Lee, Jill, Jo Davis, Lorraine Heath, Melissa Mayhue, RWA, RWA 2008, San Francisco, Sandy Blair, Sandy M, Shalvis, Stacey Kayne, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Thea Devine, Tracy Garrett, Victoria Alexander

Review: Soul of a Highlander by Melissa Mayhue

Sandy M's review of Soul of a Highlander (Daughters of the Glen, Book 3) by Melissa Mayhue
Historical Paranormal Romance published by Pocket 20 May 08

Scottish historical time travel with a little modern day thrown in. Toss in some magic with a few evil Fae running around causing havoc and handsome immortal heroes to kick some butt and fall in love with a sassy heroine. Just my kinda book! Read more

Tags: 2008, Daughters of the Glen series, Grade A, Historical, May 2008, Melissa Mayhue, Paranormal, Pocket, Review, Romance, Sandy M