Lane Morris Buckman's Blog, page 24

Panic & Romance

Since having Thor, I panic a little every time I fly. I was never worried about it before he came along, and I’m not worried about it for myself, but I hate the idea that something might happen to me that would cause him pain. You can add in the rest of my family there because once I start worrying about him, I worry about them.

I know that he would be raised well, and loved wonderfully even without me, but I also know he would hurt, and miss me, and whenever I go somewhere without him I wonde...

Women Worth Knowing: Meet Patricia

We moved into our first house, just 9 months after Thor was born. Patricia was one of the first neighbors I met. She was friendly, she was upbeat, and she was helping take care of her sister, who was battling cancer, along with sharing in the care of her young nephew.

Since I am a social werewolf (I’m a hermit most of the month, but once in a full moon I become SOCIAL LANE), I didn’t get to know many neighbors that well, but Patricia and I would wave and have short conversations about the boys...

On Silent Haunches–Cozy Cat Press at the Boston Book Festival

Terrific yay! We were able to manage our booth location information for the Boston Book Festival. Below is a map of the event layout. Cozy Cat Press will be holding court in booth 21, along Boylston street. BOYLSTON STREET!

Book Birthday, Boston, and Bzzhuh?

Happy book birthday to LynDee Walker! Buried Leads launched this morning, and it is already shooting up the Amazon charts. Hop on that train early. Then, when it becomes a movie, you can roll your eyes at all the people who are only just getting into it after it’s earned Emma Stone an Academy Award. (I’m casting Emma as Nichelle. Who would you cast?)

I will be in Boston in 3 days, and I can hardly believe that. Several of you have asked where the Cozy Cat Press booth will be. I don’t have an a...

Bacon, Big Game, and Blues–3 New Authors for You to Explore

I met three other lovely authors at the B&N signing yesterday, and I wanted to introduce you to them.

Ann Fisher wrote BETSY’S FIRST BREAKFAST, a picture book, about her childhood pet pig, Betsy. Betsy’s first breakfast is not as bacon, but as a guest of honor at the table. Ann told me that this is the first in a series of books about life on a farm, and they appear to be very sweet, lighthearted stories.

I like the mother smacking the boy’s hand, while the family is saying grace.

Lyn Gray wrote...

YOU Light Up My Life

Thank you for making my dream come true. Without you, I wouldn’t have needed to sign any books!

Today was a dream come true, and I owe that entirely to the kindness and love of friends and family. I walked in to Barnes & Noble and set up my table with 25 books, and I left with no books. 22 had sold, and 3 were going on an end-cap to sell later. My wonderful, wonderful People had come in and made me look like I was a New York Times Best Selling Author. By the time I was packing up to leave, my...

Plastic Royals

Tomorrow is the big Barnes & Noble book signing event. I have called and confirmed (because I was having nightmares that I had made the whole thing up, and had arrived for the event, only to be told no such thing existed–having to turn around and tell my friends and family that I had imagined the whole thing.), have all my goodies and table decor ready to go, and am about as excited and nervous as I could possibly be. It’s weird having a dream come true.

I’ve spent a lot of time in bookstores,...

Hey, Girl! Can you read?

It is International Girl Day! Happy International Girl Day, y’all!

Never heard of it before? Well, here’s what it’s all about:

On December 19, 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 66/170 to declare 11 October as the International Day of the Girl Child, to recognize girls’ rights and the unique challenges girls face around the world. For its second observance, this year’s Day will focus on “Innovating for Girls’ Education”.

The fulfilment of girls’ right to education is fi...

I’ll Have What She’s Having

I got a nibble on a query for the romance novel. It is funny how rejection through the submission process can make “erm, we’ll see,” sound like an enthusiastic, “Yes!” What the publishing house is saying is, “You did well enough on your synopsis, so we’re cautiously optimistic that it wouldn’t be a total waste of our time to look at the full work,” and what it sounds like is Meg Ryan in that diner scene from When Harry Met Sally.

I am saturnine enough to temper my own [frequently] misguided ex...

Women Worth Knowing: Sergeant Sassypants of the Grown Ass Woman Brigade

For those of you who have been playing along since 2007, you’ll remember that the Women Worth Knowing Project started out as Wonder Woman Wednesdays. I was talking to a friend about a friend, and realized they needed to know each other. As I started making introductions, I started realizing just how special and wonderful every woman friend I had was.

To make it a little easier on myself, I decided to start introducing them to one another through a Q&A profile sheet with a short bio from me. Aw...