Letters Books Paradise Author Events Readers Photos Reviews Press Home   I know I am not the only one who is gasping at the notion that we have zoomed through an entire year. All those days and nights and mornings and afternoons have created more than a few memories and I am ready to fly into 2008 with my face in the wind and my hands and heart ready for all its wild possibilities. Really though, if December was not a flash of a month, I have no idea what was. The highlight for me was a wonderful trip to New York City, where I had a series of meetings with publishers, agents, editors, publicity, marketing and everyone else I could get to spend three minutes with me. The talk, mostly, was about the April release of Searching for Paradise in Parker, P.A. and I will have more news about where I am going on tour and what is going to happen during the new few months. I am beyond excited about the release of my first hardcover book and I think this novel is going to make you flip the pages fast...~!!! I actually managed to see a Broadway play and cruise the streets on this trip (Not that way..!) and New York is some kinda place during the holiday season. It's beautiful, fun, wild and very rarely quiet. Daughter Rachel came along and will always remember the United Nations tour and the wild bus ride to Little Italy where a not-too-sane man wanted to marry me and then shoot me. I think he had the order reversed but we managed to have some great pasta and get back to the hotel safe. I've been working hard, now that my NYC blisters have healed, on The Shortest Distance Between Two Women. That's my sixth novel and I have been having a delightful time with all the people inside of this book. I'd rather write than eat bourbon balls and fruitcake any day. In the midst of all this writing and editing, I managed to crawl into the garage ceiling and pull out my cross-country skis. Last year I was golfing at this time of the year, but this year we have snow. It all melted this week but a big storm is on its way and I am having a ball skiing on the trails and right out the back door and onto the fields that surround the house. Yes, my legs are sore, thank you very much. I am desperately trying to take a day or so off, but to be honest; I am not very good at it. I love my work and feel a little off if I don't get in here every day to see what magic has decided to make itself know. I have a few events coming up the first part of the year and have also made myself a promise to find a place to snuggle up -- alone -- and do some marathon writing and plotting. Let's hope I find a retreat location and give myself that writing gift I have been craving for a long time. I love quiet mornings, strong coffee, a thick newspaper and all the birds eating breakfast outside my window while I sip and read. That's what I am hoping for you as we kick off 2008 -- things that you love, lots of things that you love, and all the emotional and physical abundance you can stand. And -- yes -- a really good book to make you laugh, cry, feel, grow and to keep you company whenever you need it. Happy New Year. Happy Everything. Always,
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