That's what my friend Rosemary Harris calls me. You know how you meet someone and even without a lot of chatter, you recognize a "kindred spirit"? Yep. That's how I feel about Ro. She's very elegant, very smart and you can almost see the wheels clicking as she listens because she's REALLY tuned in and thoughtful. (The page above is a "virtual" cupcake from me to Ro. Enjoy!)Ro is celebrating her new book The Big Dirt Nap. Nab it now--I predict it … [Read more...] about A Crafty Type of Girl
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Missing: A Mysterious Gathering of Tales
by Amy AlessioWhat a treat to blog on this site. I really enjoyed Joanna's mystery and love to make scrapbook cookbooks for folks. (I'm a cookbook junkie: http://vintagecookbooks.blogspot.com)It's an even bigger privilege to write about Missing: A Mysterious Gathering of Tales. In 2007, Echelon Press President Karen Syed asked me to contribute a story to her anthology The Heat of the Moment, benefiting the Fire Safe Council of San Diego County, … [Read more...] about Missing: A Mysterious Gathering of Tales
Tweet, Tweet, Tweet–and You Could Win a Big Box of Books!
Argh. Every day I open my email and think: I don't have time for all this. I especially don't have time to update my website, to check all the posts on all the list-serves I belong to, visit every online community I need to, and comment on everyone's blog as I should.But I do have time to Twitter. Apparently, the rest of the world agrees. The site has reported an eight-fold rise in visitors since 2007, and in December reported 2.7 million people … [Read more...] about Tweet, Tweet, Tweet–and You Could Win a Big Box of Books!
Live from a Scrapbook Crop
Ever wonder what women actually DO at scrapbook crops? Here's a live broadcast from one I attended last night:http://tinyurl.com/ab4gy2Yep, it's really all that much fun! You can hear the women cheering in the background. Smell the food. (All the best crops have loads of fun, food and prizes.) And hear why women are loving my book, Paper, Scissors, Death.Happy Valentine's Day to all my sweethearts! … [Read more...] about Live from a Scrapbook Crop
How to Doodle
What is doodling? It's playing with your pen on paper. You can't do it wrong.What are the "secrets" of doodling? 1. Pencil-in first … [Read more...] about How to Doodle
Live from Love Is Murder
Whew, so many sessions so little time! And the hallways are packed with fascinating people, too.I met up with Karen Syed for a chat about how she uses Twitter and MySpace. She's a genius about online social networking. Her advice on Twitter is to follow others who will often then follow you. How smart is that?Then I heard Jeff Deaver talk about writing a suspense novel. Everything Deaver does is for the reader. Each time I'm around him, I am … [Read more...] about Live from Love Is Murder
