This past Friday I met up with pals Brandi, Martha and Karen for the Haunted Seminary Tours in Tahlequah. I was scheduled to do a reading, accompany the first tour and sign books, but it felt more like a visit to an old friend than an "author appearance." Now that...
Today I am offering up three signed books -- with swag -- for a giveaway! And it's open to international entrants! This past weekend, I asked Tessa Gratton and Tara Hudson to sign their spooky books especially for this giveaway, and I'm happy to add my own book to the...
I'm reading Maureen Johnson's The Name of the Star, which is about an American girl who goes to boarding school in London's Whitechapel neighborhood (a boarding school, you guys!) just as a killer starts copycatting the Jack the Ripper murders. Excellent stuff!How...
This weekend Tara Hudson, Tessa Gratton, and I will be appearing at two events in central Oklahoma. Here are the details:Saturday at 3 pm -- Full Circle Bookstore, 50 Penn Place, 1900 NW Expressway, Oklahoma City"Supernatural Extravaganza!!!! Full Circle proudly...
Two giveaways to tell you about:-- At Confessions of a Bookaholic I talk about my "haunted childhood" and you get a chance to win one of four copies of The Revenant, kindly provided by Random House. Wahoo!-- My Oklahoma friend Jenna Klein interviews me at Fans of...
It seems that all I've blogged about lately is TV. All I can say in my defense is "'Tis the season!"(I'll make an effort to branch out soon.)The season premieres of Fringe and The Good Wife were great fun -- and I'd love to discuss them in the comments -- but for this...
New fall shows are getting ready to air. Old favorites are returning. Seems like it's taken FOREVER, doesn't it?I haven't suffered too much. For the last couple of weeks I've been watching a couple of DVD sets of British shows from the 90s.The Minette Walters...
I feel so fancy. And mathematically clever. (Which is funny because I didn't use math at all.) To select the winner of Daughter of Smoke and Bone & a signed copy of the The Revenant, I went to Random.org as usual. But this time I used the Random Sequence Generator to...
On Monday, I mentioned Kathi Appelt's presentation at SCBWI OK, and how she urged us to show emotion in fiction through endowed objects. First, however, she asked us to brainstorm what our own endowed objects might be. I must confess I struggled with this. I mean, I...
I know yesterday was tough for many people. I wondered how to honor the day without giving in to gloom. Mostly, I thought about human strength and resilience. I contemplated how to be a more compassionate citizen (and less of a mole in a hole). I avoided TV as much as...
Last week I had the honor of presenting at the State of Sequoyah Conference in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, during the Cherokee National Holiday. I was on a panel with distinguished scholars -- all PhDs or ABD -- which was more than a little intimidating. Still, I always have...
Old friends . . . and new?Returning favorites:Inspector Lewis (PBS) -- The new series already started this past Sunday with an episode that made me LONG to re-read Dorothy Sayers' GAUDY NIGHT. Lewis is not a perfect show, but it's almost always satisfying AND provides...
Steve and I finally saw Cowboys & Aliens yesterday. I went in with low expectations and actually had a pretty good time with it. Yes, it was formulaic, often cheesy, and completely lacking in subtlety. But the explosions! And gunfights! And alien abductions! And...
[Warning to those completely in the dark about the plot of JANE EYRE -- spoilers ahead!] You all know I'm obsessed with the latest adaptation of Jane Eyre. I've seen others comment on the lack of development in Jane and Rochester's romance, a lack of chemistry between...
I know this is so last week, but I finally caught up with So You Think You Can Dance a few days ago. I was very pleased with the outcome -- the winning dancer was my favorite all along, for I could never quite connect to the runner up, despite his/her amazing talent...
