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February 4, 2015
Obsession in Death teasers
We’re six days out from the Obsession in Death release and I thought I’d share some teasers about the book. Not outright spoilers, but things to pay attention to while you devour Obsession.
I’ll add to this post on Friday(2/6), Sunday(2/8) and Monday (2/9) so stay tuned. ~Laura
Wednesday, February 4:
We learn Eve gets fan mail — and did so even before the media storm that was the Icove.
Candy and coffee are two different things in Eve’s mind. And Feeney is a crafty man with his own cache of one o...
February 1, 2015
SOUP-er Bowl Sunday
Note from Laura: even the strongest of friendships benefit from opposing points of view. This is NOT how I will spend Super Bowl Sunday — but I know plenty of people whose plans concur with Nora’s.
I don’t watch football–not even the Big Game. A couple days ago my granddaughter quizzed me on basic rules and scoring, certain because I don’t watch it I wouldn’t know. It surprised her I did.
I know how the game works (mostly), but it’s not my game. I like baseball. I like baseball a whole bunch. A...
January 26, 2015
Mondays Happen
I’ve decided not to feel guilty that my own purging hasn’t been as thorough and systematic as Nora’s. In fact, I assuaged my guilt by deciding to read The Liar (out in April) and telling my husband I was working all weekend. ~Laura
Sometimes I wonder how. But here we are, back at the start of the week. And it’s snowing again. It’s pretty from my office window–and I’ll dive back into the book shortly and won’t notice it anyway.
I’m hoping the week will be as productive as the weekend before it....
January 19, 2015
Winter Weekend
Nora sends a weekend post card from her favorite place — Home. ~Laura
This was a busy one around here. We’re repurposing two areas–shifting them, and since one is my sub-office where we’ve stored all my books, and the other is my closet, this entails much tubbing, boxing, purging, hauling. Both areas are up a set of stairs, so it involves a lot of climbing.
We’d earmarked this weekend for the major work here, but we took a pause on that Saturday as my oldest grandson had a basketball game.
Watch...
January 17, 2015
Social media round up
Things are pretty much up to date here on the blog in terms of Nora’s thoughts (social media is still abuzz after the Bite Me post) and the big news (Cousins O’Dwyer series). But there are a couple of things that have only appeared on Facebook.
First, I’ve been posting the original covers of the In Deaths since January 1 — as that was 40 days until theObsession in Death (book 40) release date of February 10. Today’s post was Imitation.
Nora’s publisher teamed with several blogs for rereads of t...
January 13, 2015
Cousins O’Dwyer news
Please remember this is the announcement of the project and early, early days yet. We’ll keep everyone in the loop as the process moves along.
At some point Nora will share her thoughts. As for me? I think this is going to be a lot of fun. ~Laura
Edited 1/13/15 at9:30 pm: My contact at Omnifilm saw the questions about where the show would air.Again, this is early in the process, but they definitely plan for the series to be broadcast in the US — they are in the beginning stages of determining...
January 11, 2015
Post Holidays
For over a decade now, BW and I and another couple spend a week at the spa after all the holiday madness. It’s a lovely little break. The guys ski/snowboard, and the ladies enjoy the spa. I usually work a bit, too. I don’t ski. It’s cold, it’s wet–especially if you tend to fall down a lot. I prefer a nice hot stone massage to the slopes.
We all do what we do.
But this year, we had something different. BW was invited to do a photography showing here. This place has an amazing art collection. So...
January 8, 2015
Bite Me
I have to start off letting you know I happened to be with Laura* when I told her the title for this blog post. I wish I could accurately describe the expression of resigned despair on her face. It was somewhere between being told the test results are iffy and learning the wait time for customer service is an hour and a half.
Poor Laura, she not only has to deal with me, but with those who prompted this blog post–in addition to everything else.
In any case at the end of the year I did a blog po...
January 2, 2015
In With The New
I moved from North Carolina to Maryland in 2014and for the first time in a decade was able to make the New Year’s festivities at Nora’s house. And since I’m close enough, I pitched in a little too.
A quick note about the food. Nora and I cook exactly the same way: you check a basic recipe for a guideline, then tuck it away and play with the ingredients. So there won’t be any sharing of recipes but if something strikes your fancy we encourage you to use The Google and find something that you ca...
December 30, 2014
Resolved for 2015: Positive Virtual Space
As we clear out the oldand make way for the new year, Nora shares the plan for all her spaces going forward: a focus on the positive. ~Laura
The internet is a marvelous tool, an endless source of information, entertainmentand communication. A virtual tool — and as a solitary type, my favorite kind.
We can, at the stroke of a few keys, find answers, find friends, communicate with others who share our interests. Life’s busy, so creating the blog, updating the Facebook pagesis a way of connecting...
