FORETOLD Snippet #4
After Beck and Riley have visited his mom in the hospital, he takes her to his childhood home. This is told from his point-of-view as Riley explores his past. FORETOLD 2018 Sadlersville, Georgia Beck took the side streets to Sadie’s house, concerned about Riley’s silence since they’d left the hospital. That was Sadie’s trick: she’d [Read more...]
FORETOLD Snippet #3
As mentioned before, there are spoilers in this section. Beck takes Riley to the diner in Sadlersville, where she finds that his return to town is not welcomed by the locals. FORETOLD 2018 Sadlersville, Georgia ‘How can you eat that much?’ she asked, still picking at her own meal. The burger had been enormous and the [Read more...]
Australia + Author = Awesomeness!
One of the most frequent questions I receive is some variant on “When are you coming to Australia?” or “Why do you always go to the UK when you could come Down Under?” Here’s the great news: I will be visiting your wonderful continent in June 2013 providing all the travel plans and appearance arrangements [Read more...]
Foretold Snippet #2
Snippet #2 from FORETOLD. Despite Beck’s vigorous objections (and only after Master Stewart’s direct order), Riley has journeyed with him to South Georgia to help with Beck’s dying mother. This is her first visit to his hometown and it’s a total eyeopener since Riley has only lived in big cities (Chicago and Atlanta). FORETOLD 2018 [Read more...]
FORETOLD Snippet #1
As it my habit, I shall be posting snippets from the new book up until the launch day, December 11th. So let’s start at the very beginning of FORETOLD with a snippet from the opening chapter. If you haven’t read the first three books, please don’t read this as it’ll have SPOILERS galore. It starts [Read more...]
Cherokee H.S. Rocks!
I was at Dragon*Con this year when two teachers from Cherokee H.S. in Canton, GA (::waves at Dennis & Justin::) asked me if I’d be willing to talk to their students. Sure, I said, and so this last Wednesday I had the chance to be a part of a wonderful afternoon (and evening) full of [Read more...]
England – Scotland Day #4
Sunday was the day we hopped the train to Edinburgh. Unfortunately I didn’t realize that on the weekends the trip is actually longer because they alter the route. No matter how much I think I know how things work over here there’s always an “oops”. Fortunately I was still on track to arrive early enough [Read more...]
York
Headed toward York on the train! For those of you in the York area I’ll be having an informal meet and greet in that fair city at Coffee Culture (41 Goodramgate) from 5-6 p.m. tonight (Friday 28/9). The wee green demon will be sitting at the table and I’ll be wearing my royal blue Demon [Read more...]
England Day #2 & 3
Events! Tea! Whisky! And lots of walking. OMG my legs ache. That’s the wonderful (and painful) thing about visiting the British Isles — these people walk. Everywhere. You hike to the Underground stations, then up and down stairs, then more walking to wherever you’re headed. They’re used to it. I’m not, but every day I’m [Read more...]
England Day #1
Arrived early into London without any hassles. British Air took very good care of us. As usual the spouse slept most of the way while I managed 30 min of sleep. We did get to watch BRAVE however. One again Travelex managed to fail. A few months back we tried to top off our Cash [Read more...]
