Chatty Kathy

Packing!

Mon, 9 Aug 2010 08:14:16 -0500

I love that show hoarders and to be honest I often feel a little smug because my house is blissfully free of clutter. Of course given that I have two huge storage units full of stuff I can’t part with maybe I shouldn’t be quite so smug!

However while getting ready to move I’ve been using my office as a staging area for stuff that needs to be thrown out or boxed up. Look at this!

And that photo is just one part of the giant task I have in front of me. But I’m determined to get it all cleaned up and ready for our move at the end of the week!

Wish me luck. :)

My Life

Wed, 4 Aug 2010 07:19:32 -0500

I was talking to one of my BFFs yesterday about my incredible summer. She pointed out that I’ve had three major life changing events all crammed into two months.

First my daughter graduated from high school. I still can’t believe that the last 18 years have gone by so fast. I still remember almost as if it were yesterday her walking into the Pre-K classroom and waving goodbye to me. At the end of August she’ll walk into a dorm and this time I will wave goodbye to her. It’s hard to fathom.

Next, I got married!!! There isn’t much to say except that I am very happy to have found a man that truly loves me and who I love.

Lastly I’m fixing to move. We are heading to California in a few weeks and honestly I am excited about it but that’s a huge change for me.

Through it all I have been writing and mostly keeping to myself with my small family.

What about you? Did you have an eventful summer?

My Road Trip

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:10:38 -0500

Last week I got in the car with my two kids and headed to NYC not just for a fabulous visit but to take my daughter to freshman orientation. As many have said I hardly look old enough to have a daughter in college <eg>. I got to visit some of my favorite haunts in NYC including the Harlequin offices (that’s me standing in front of the building). I also had a chance to visit with my wonderful extended family who all stayed up there instead of migrating to Florida like my branch did!

The best part of the trip was the people but I find that to be true every time I travel. I always enjoy catching up with old friends and making new ones. I discovered some new things at the Metropolitan Museum of Art I hadn’t seen before including the rooftop garden where there was an incredible bamboo installation.

I’m very glad to be back home but the trip was great!

Release Day!

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:41:29 -0500

The Pirate is in stores today. Please check out a copy if you like action-thriller romance. I’m blogging at RTBook Club today so stop by and chat with me!

Happy Monday!!

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:44:01 -0500

This picture captures what I feel today. It’s Rob (btw) on a beach in England last summer, but that feeling of exhilaration as the breeze blows wildly is exactly where I am right now. I’m finishing up a proposal for the last book in my Miami Nights series for Desire and new ideas are swirling all around me. I can hardly stand it!

When I sit down to write and open a new document it doesn’t take me very long to fill the pages with words. That doesn’t by any stretch of the imagination mean these ideas are fully formed but they are new and I’m excited to playing with them.

What about you? What excites you the way that writing excites me?