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things I hate to do...

If you read my last post, you heard about my little run-in with the mountain. The mountain won, the truck got smooshed, but luckily I wasn't badly injured beyond a really cool bruise on my leg that's still turning colors three weeks after the wreck. Anyway, my dear husband decided that he wanted me driving something safer than a lightweight pickup with a tendency to hydroplane in wet weather, which led to the one thing I dislike almost more than anything else--shopping for a new car.
I HATE...

Spring in Seattle

I think I mentioned in my last blog that the weather in the Pacific Northwest has been bass-akward this winter. We appear to have gotten California's weather up here, while they've gotten ours. Consequently, it's been much warmer and dryer and spring has arrived early. Yesterday it was 65 degrees and sunny.

All I can say about that is...Woo-hoo, tres kewl! Today is more overcast, but it's still wonderfully mild. I took a walk around the neighborhood this morning and shot a few pics to sho...

JAYNE brings you CATHIE LINZ

I'm delighted to bring you my friend, CATHIE LINZ today. Her new book, MAD, BAD AND BLONDE is in stores now. I just finished reading it and I adored it! I mean, how can you go wrong with a romance between a children's librarian and a Force Recon Marine???? And the fact that the librarian knows how to use a gun just adds to the fun. Ahem, the fact that I am mentioned in the dedication has nothing to do with my opinion. For the record, Cathie and I go way back. We started our careers at...

Kay Stockham - She's the One

Good morning all! I hope you've been enjoying some wonderful spring weather.
I'm loving the sunshine and milder tempts here in Ohio - but I haven't been able to go out and play. I'm hopelessly behind right now, so I'm thrilled that my good friend and mega talented author Kay Stockham is blogging in my spot today.
Please give Kay a giant Quill welcome!

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Hello, Quills!

Thanks so much to Lori and the other ladies for inviting me to stop by.

I'm always amazed (even though I...

Carla and friend Nancy Martin

Crazier-than-normal week here, and my friend Nancy Martin's stepping in for me today. Please welcome her to RWQ. Nancy and I met when our daughters were in pigtails and we were both having a grand time writing category romances. Nancy's fast-paced style and quirky characters earned her a huge number of fans and, for me, are an indelible part of her "voice" as a writer. I'm a sucker for a strong voice. I've followed many writers across genres and sub-genres just because of their voice.
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Bless you every one:)

Good morning, my flowers:
On Sale Now!This has been a fabulous week and an icky week sometimes. We won't discuss the icky which only has to do with my issues over sleep. Anyone else have a lot of trouble sleeping? Even as I write that I know it's a dumb question because it's such a common problem.The good stuff: thanks to you and my readers everywhere, OUT OF BODY is on the New York Times List. It's always such a thrill.When I got the call on Wednesday I was staring at a blank computer screen...

This 'n that...

Hello my friends, and...whew! Take a deep breath, Kate...yep. It's been ONE OF THOSE weeks...or two... and I should have published my blog yesterday but our Internet went down, so here I am, as the saying goes--a day late and a dollar short!
But it's been a wild few days, and it made me think of something one of my neighbors said one time, of how cool it must be to have a job where you get to work in your jammies "when the muse hits." Yeah...right. We all just hang around in our jammies all...

Susie's not gonna be foe no moe

Once Upon a Time, when I was a wee sprout about to turn five, I was asked how old I'd be on my birthday. Family history has it that I looked the questioner in the eye and said, "Well, I ain't gonna be foe no moe." So of course my fam has beat that to death over the years by bringing it up anytime I was about to turn 24, 34, 44, 54. I'm pretty sure I'll go to my grave with that bit of family lore attached to me. I can hear them now: Hmmm, guess she really isn't gonna be ninety-foe no moe.

Jayne Gets a Bit Frantic

This is going to be one very short blog, folks. The first volume in my Dreamlight Trilogy, FIRED UP came out in January. The second volume, BURNING LAMP, will be out in April. Meanwhile, the paperback rollover of THE PERFECT POISON goes on sale at the end of March. This has been one busy winter and, yes, I'm feeling frazzled.Now just to top it off, I find myself on deadline with a book due on Tuesday. Yikes! Tuesday. I simply cannot think rationally about anything except sorting out...

Monumental Moments

See the flowers and pretty colors? Yes, I'm anxious for spring! :-)

I have a reissued book coming out at the end of the month. It's "TEMPTED," a compilation of 3 oldies with hideous titles that I did NOT choose. They're "Annie Get Your Guy," "Messing Around With Max," and "Little Miss Innocent?" I know, poo, huh?

But I'm so glad the book is being reissued because readers often ask me about those books.

And the reissue reminded me of how utterly THRILLED I was for that first reissue. It was a...