After apologizing for disappearing in my last post, I did it again. But this time, I had an agenda. We fled Texas in advance of the attacking heat wave. We left town before it hit 100 degrees, and headed west. First Carlsbad Caverns, then Roswell (well, we had to), Ruidoso, Santa Fe, and Taos, before meeting up with family in Nathrop, CO, at a resort at the foot of Mount Princeton. It. Was. Wonderful. We Read more…
My only defense for neglecting my blog is that I have been so busy writing GWIII that I’ve let a lot of things slide, not just blogging. You know, household stuff, family stuff (oh look! kids!) … All I can say is that it’s a good thing my husband does the actual bill-paying or I would be getting some mighty uncomfortable phone calls from guys with gravelly voices who threaten to come to my house Read more…
Vampires for grownups. Remember when that’s how it used to be? Well, rejoice, because there’s a new vampire in town, and there’s not an angsty teenager in sight. Louise Marley’s Mozart’s Blood invokes comparisons to Dracula and Interview with a Vampire because of the sweep and sophistication of her story. She mixes music, opera, and history with a deft hand, and weaves in a story of love and loss, the ache of immortality, and tyranny Read more…