by Heather | Mar 5, 2010 | Blog, blog tour, giveaways
The Original Scrapbox has a brand new piece of organizing furniture and you have a chance to win it! Introducing the Office Box… And we’re celebrating the launch of Rachelle J. Christensen’s suspense novel, Wrong Number, with a chance to win an...
by Heather | Mar 4, 2010 | Blog, randomness
Sorry I’ve been such a slacker, but I’m up to my eyebrows in rewrites, and have been trying to slog through as quickly as possible. The good news is that my editor is working on my second book, “Rebound” RIGHT NOW, and I’ll be getting...
by Heather | Feb 25, 2010 | Blog, book review
I’ve been hearing fabulous things about Traci’s books for several years now, but hadn’t squeezed in time to read one until last week. Traci says in the front of the book that she is from Virginia and was hit hard when the Virginia Tec tragedy...
by Heather | Feb 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
Over the weekend some great news was released for read ers of the prolific Cleon Skousen’s work. Skousen had written four unpublished books that he turned over to his sons before his death, charging them to find a publisher who would do justice to it....
by Heather | Feb 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
Because she loved the new YA book, “The Dark Divine,” and was thinking bout cake decorating contests, Debbie over at the Cranberryfries blog held a contest using something from the book. When I first heard of the contest I hadn’t read the book, in...
by Heather | Feb 11, 2010 | Blog, book review
Last Saturday I signed books along with about 40 other authors at Authorpalooza at the Barnes & Noble in Sandy, Utah. I love big signings if for no other reason than to get to know other authors and check out books I hadn’t heard of before–and with...
by Heather | Feb 9, 2010 | Blog, randomness
Okay, so my sister sent me this video a week ago, but I didn’t get around to watching it until now (because I have this thing with procrastinating both my editing and going to bed, so the wee hours of the morning seemed like the perfect time) and I was totally...
by Heather | Feb 8, 2010 | Blog, randomness
The ballots have been tallied and the finalists have been announced for the 2009 Whitney Awards. Competition for these five slots in each category was fierce so all of them deserve big kudos for their accomplishment. the winners will be announced at a banquet in...
by Heather | Feb 2, 2010 | Blog, writer's conference
If you’re a writer who wants to hone their craft writing conferences are a must–and there are several great ones coming up very soon. First, coming up NEXT WEEK: Life, the Universe & Everything 28: The Marion “Doc” Smith Symposium on...
by Heather | Jan 17, 2010 | Blog, Cupcake
Okay, so you know I like to do cakes and play with new thing, right? And I believe I’ve talked about this fun cupcake book more than once but I haven’t had many chances to actually try the recipes in “101 Gourmet Cupcakes in 10 Minutes.” So...