I was going to do a post on the Biggest Loser, but I’ll save that for tomorrow. Instead, here are two of the reasons I love Northern California:
And…
I know what I’ll be doing this weekend!
Bella

Last night was the season premiere of Dancing With the Stars and it was….pretty good. Was I the only one who thought it was a little lackluster? Actually, I thought a couple of the “stars” were better than the judges gave them credit for. I can’t imagine how difficult it must be to ballroom dance [...]

With my Calm Tea. Caffeine makes me weird(er) - even the non-caffeinated teas give me the jitters! Last week was a blazing writing week - I’m just about to get started on another one. It’s fun watching a story come together as the pages stack up. Even with a detailed synopsis, the first draft [...]

Library!
I love the library. As a kid, I spent hours and hours reading everything I could get my hands on. Now, not only do I check out books by the dozens, but I spend many happy hours sitting in the back corner by the window writing.
Don’t libraries have the greatest vibe?

I’m sitting here right now and the sun is peeking out of the fog now that it’s almost 11 a.m. My son keeps asking me in the morning, “Why is it all gray out? Is it going to rain?” Obviously, I’m not doing a great job of explaining about morning fog, which I love, btw, [...]

Tags: writing at Starbucks

The Jaunty Quills blog (my good friend, Anne Mallory, generously hosted me today, along with Jaunty, himself!): http://jauntyquills.com/
and
Fresh Fiction: http://freshfiction.com/page.php?id=1240
See you there,
Bella

Tags: Anne Mallory, Fresh Fiction, guest blogging, Jaunty Quills

On my walk this morning (yes I read and walk at the same time!) I just finished reading AIRHEAD, Meg Cabot’s newest hardcover. Love her! I heard her speak last year (or was it the year before?) at the RWA National conference and she’s hilarious, modest, and very, very cute. Does anyone know when “Being [...]

As I was filling up 3 big garbage bags with old paperwork in my office yesterday, it occured to me that I tend to follow the same pattern after every book. On Monday I turned in the final revisions on WILD HEAT (my first romantic suspense, coming from Bantam Dell next May), and suddenly it [...]

Tags: Extreme Heat, Feng Shui, Wild Heat

….to win a copy of GAME FOR ANYTHING!
Jasmine is one of my good friends and I *adore* her. Her books are amazing too. What a package!
Here’s her blog link: http://jasminehaynes.blogspot.com/

Tags: Game For Anything, Jasmine Haynes