By now you will be recovering from eggnog, peppermint mocha, and/or fruitcake consumption and gearing up for your new year. That’s pretty much the state I’m in too. With my email inbox filling up faster than I can empty it and several opportunities to grab at the turn of the year, I’ve been swamped. I … Continue reading Book News: Current Projects and an Exciting Development →

With cooler weather moving in, I’m drinking more coffee. I’ve discovered Greek coffee, which is lower in caffeine and more healthy than the drip variety. It’s nice to have time to sit and savor a cup in the morning before the day crowds in. Reading is what I missed most when my schedule squeezed my … Continue reading A New Release, More Books, and Lots of Coffee →

I’m a bit rushed with Cheyenne Sunrise releasing tomorrow, so I decided to let another author express a thought about reading this month. (Wish I’d written this.) “Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.” ― Anna Quindlen, How Reading Changed My Life Reader … Continue reading Books are Travel →

I’ll confess to a love affair with pages over pixels. There’s something magical about settling down in a quiet nook where the only devices I’m left to are my own. While other readers remove print copies from their homes, I celebrate the books in mine, as the image above illustrates.   Reader News  Here’s the … Continue reading Celebrating the Books in my Home →

  There is no frigate like a book To take us lands away Nor any coursers like a page Of prancing poetry – This traverse may the poorest take Without oppress of toll – How frugal is the chariot That bears the human soul.    Emily Dickinson Dickinson’s poem captures everything I love about reading … Continue reading No Frigate Like a Book →

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.” Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft Books have only become more portable with the advent of the digital age, with one slender device holding a library. I’ll confess to being old-fashioned enough to resent that. I still think of books in terms of paper. I don’t think … Continue reading Books as Portable Magic →