My first blog hop as an official author…exciting! Thanks to Tierney James, a fellow Black Opal Books author, who invited me to participate in this tour. So the gist of this is I answer a few questions and then list the authors who are following me on the tour next week. (But the two people …

For the first time since 2011 I am free during a read-a-thon weekend! I started reading right when I woke up this morning, but this is my first time at the computer to update 🙂 I love the read-a-thon. It is the perfect excuse to do nothing for the whole weekend, but lay around and …

I can now officially announce that I have signed a contract for my book, MAKE ME A MATCH!! I am beyond thrilled and can’t wait to see where this journey takes me next.  

I started THE VAMPIRE WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO last night, but didn’t get very far before I fell asleep. Our new schedule is kicking my rear! 6 soccer practices a week and trying to get the kids back on their school schedule. They start back tomorrow and they are very excited. I’m actually going to …

I may not have many posts this week. My Grandmother broke her leg while visiting from out-of-town and had surgery on Sunday. She is still in the hospital and I’m spending most of my time there. She is doing okay and will hopefully only have to stay a few more days before they let her …

  MERRY CHRISTMAS!! From – the book girl  

I have been sick so instead of writing a couple of posts about my favorite holiday things I’ve lumped in all into one post (with pictures!). CHRISTMAS COOKIES…AND FUDGE…AND SAUSAGE BALLS… Okay, I love all of the Christmas goodies. I start baking around the fifteenth of December and stop on Christmas Eve. Most of what …

I hope everyone (in the U.S.) has a fantastic Thanksgiving today. Today is a special Thanksgiving for our family, because it’s also our daughters 8th birthday. She’s loving the fact that everyone is off for her birthday. She’s having a turkey cake and has been referring to it as her “turkey birthday” for over a …