It’s pumpkin time. For most people. But for one girl, October brings a much a different kind of orange joy. Magical persimmons. She always forgets when they are in season.…
Music Match-Up is back for round 9! This is a celebration of books and music. I take a book and pair it with a song that either reminds me of…
Happy Tuesday! Welcome to this week’s Top Ten Tuesday via The Broke and the Bookish. The theme for this week is Unique Book Titles. I don’t know that the titles…
Although it was October, the sun scorched the earth and the heat suffocated any trace of an autumn breeze. Along the sidewalk she saw a mushroom sticking up among the…
When I was in high school, I loved poetry. Poems covered my two closet doors in my bedroom, and I loved to read and write poems. Of the few things…
Welcome to the Author Toolbox Blog Hop! It’s a monthly blog hop organized by the lovely Raimey Gallant aimed at helping authors discover all sorts of tools to help them…
Happy Tuesday! And welcome to another week of TOP TEN TUESDAY brought to you by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s theme is food. Food and I have a…
A woman called to reserve the table. She called three days in advance. It was difficult to tell from the even tone of her voice what the occasion was, but…
At UCLA, one of my favorite things to do was watch the men’s basketball team practice. This was before they started closing practices. This story was written after one of…
Happy Tuesday! I can’t believe it’s already Fall. And also, I can’t believe it’s still only October (says the teacher in me. lol) But it’s Tuesday, so that means another…
They didn’t know. How could they have? In the darkness, there were so many faceless faces staring back at them. Hands reached up into the golden glow, waving and swaying…
Music Match-Up is here again…round 8! This is a celebration of books and music. I take a book and pair it with a song that either reminds me of the…
Happy Tuesday! And welcome to this week’s TOP TEN TUESDAY sponsored by The Broke and the Bookish. This week it’s all about the book boyfriends and girlfriends. I’ve already noted…
There are millions of me. Literally, in this city there are over a million of me. People chase me away as if I’m just part of the garbage that lines…
via GIPHY Happy Friday! It’s been a busy two weeks for me. I had a giant book signing last week, B-Fest at Barnes & Noble on Saturday, and yesterday we…
Happy Tuesday! I’m excited about this week’s TOP TEN TUESDAY hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. The topic is Ten Books that Feature Characters___________. I immediately knew what I…
Every day I hang them up when I come home. Mine on the left. Hers on the right, always a sign to me that she’s home. Waiting for me. But…
I’m going to tell you a secret. Are you ready? In my next book which is on submission, there is a secondary character named Marigold. She goes by Mari. Mari…
Welcome to the Author Toolbox Blog Hop! It’s a monthly blog hop organized by the lovely Raimey Gallant aimed at helping authors discover all sorts of tools to help them…
Hello Tuesday! It’s time for more Top Ten Tuesday via The Broke and the Bookish. Click here to learn more and join in! Today’s topic makes me feel like this:…