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Cranky Publicist updates

Honestly, I’m not that cranky but I thought this was the best way to let you know it’s a Laura update, not a Nora one.

(Nora’s well, but I don’t expect her to collect her thoughts and share a blog post until later this month.)

We’re into Nora’s the busiest week (non-writing category) of the year. The Turn the Page Bookstore Anniversary event on Saturday went off well, despite heat and humidity. Yesterday’s Fall into the Story Brunch was wonderful as always — so much fun to visit with happy r...

More Fun with Girls and Gardens

Before I get to that. There’s more chatter cropping up, as it does, on Eve finding blood relatives. I’ve blogged about this before, and won’t go into a bunch of detail on why this isn’t going to happen. I’m just going to say it’s Not Going To Happen. I am not going to change my mind as if often suggested, or ‘listen to the readers’ as is often pressed. I can only try to again make it clear. She won’t seek, ask Roarke to seek, find or accidentally stumble onto any otherblood relations. That’s...

Midsummer

The Summer Solstice is my favorite day of the year. The light that lasts and lasts–for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere–draws me out into the warm, into the sun, into the green and the flowers. I may spend a good chunk of the longest day inside at the keyboard–but the sun still beams. I may spend another chunk inside my little gym, but I leave the windows open to the air (and the fan on!) instead of closing them up for the AC. And I work up a good, healthy summer sweat. Then, as the W...

Girls in New York

This year Kayla turns 14 and starts high school. So we’re celebrating in New York, just us girls.

Friday morning Laura, Kayla and I piled in a limo for the drive up, while Kat would follow later in the day. Much excitement, many plans. First on Kayla’s list? Sephora. Two years ago, the first on her list? The American Girl Doll Store. A couple years makes a difference in a girl’s life.

After a pretty drive on a pretty day, we arrive–a few hours from country quiet to urban bustle. I’ve stayed i...

Bay of Sighs discussion thread

The wait is over — for the people who read trilogies as the books come out, that is. Bay of Sighs is in stores today!

This is the the place for all discussion, spoilers and suppositions.

Enjoy!

Laura

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We interrupt our regular blog programming

Nora and I (along with Kayla, Kat and my Clare) are on a bit of an adventure. Nora will check in on Tuesday to tell you all about it.

But here’s a photo of a gorgeous sunset to tide you over.

Laura

Echoes in Death (Feb. 2017) cover reveal

Echoes in Death is the 44th entry in the In Death series, andthe first from St. Martin’s Press. The new Team JD is off and running toward the February 7, 2017 release date and they’ve shared the book cover, book description and order info.

Book description:

After a party, Eve heads home with Roarke, happy to be done with cocktails and small talk.

Afterdifferentparty not far away, a woman retires to her bedroom with her husband—and walks into a brutal nightmare. Their paths are about to co...

Weekend Happy

A good work week can set the stage for a happy weekend, and I’m on a roll as sunny June takes over from rainy May. Kayla’s brothers went to the Ninja Turtle movie on Saturday–and she had absolutely no interest so we had our Saturday cooking day. Since she hadn’t given me a direction earlier in the week–so specific ingredients could be at hand–we punted. She liked the idea of pasta, and I have an easy and pretty quick one, one she’ll be able to make on her own at home. But first, she wanted...

Apprentice in Death excerpt

If you received the latest edition of Nora’s News, then you had the opportunity to read the excerpt from September’s Apprentice in Death. If you don’t subscribe (and why don’t you — the subscription box is at the bottom of everywebpage) here’s your chance,

Just click this link: Apprentice in Death Prologue

Laura

Birds, Bees, Blossoms

This has been a pretty perfect week for me.. When I get five days running of solid, productive, largely uninterrupted writing time–and that time has a story unfolding for me–I’m ridiculously happy. It’s not always easy to sit inside at a keyboard when the sun’s shining (at last!), the breezes are warm and fragrant, but we do what we do. So when that effort’s rewarded by pages that seem not so bad even in a first draft, that’s celebration time around here. My personal celebration includes ge...