Scottish Rite Park Event

Scottish Rite Park Event

On Friday lunchtime of my Iowa book tour, I was invited to speak at a women’s lunch at Scottish Rite Park for elegant senior living. Honestly, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Lots of tartan? Old men in kilts? People talking in a delightful brogue? Actually, the Scottish...
How NOT to Do It!

How NOT to Do It!

Sometimes what I do is wildly successful. Sometimes it is not. Sometimes the success or failure is because of something I did. Often it is not. The key lies in both enjoying and learning from the experience, whatever it is. The Urbandale library book launch was just...
Our Day in Pella

Our Day in Pella

Oh my goodness, your book is amazing! So well-written. I love it. It should be in all bookshops! Tori Manager, Curiosity Shop After a drive from Des Moines that took less than an hour, we (me, my sister, and my mother) arrived. In Pella, that is. Such a beautiful...
How NOT to Do It!

Unforgivable in the Library

Yesterday, while at Fairfax library, one of the librarians told me they ordered five copies of my latest book, Unforgivable. They put it out in the library information system and only a week later, seven people are waiting for it to...
There I am!

There I am!

There I was, wandering through the hall of my local library, when I came across this. An announcement about my upcoming library-sponsored book talk! June 2 at 3 pm. Then, as if that were not enough, I picked up the City Scene magazine and found myself in there, too....