Miss Penelope's Letters at YouTube

My apologies for taking such a long time in creating a trailer for my novella, "Miss Penelope's Letters". Though it's available for view on its page here, you can also click over to YouTube.

Hope you enjoy! :)

Congrats to the Blog Winner!

Congratulations to Sydney, the winner of the Candlelight Blog Hop. She's won a free copy of my award-winning book, "Said the Spider to the Fly".

Thank you to all who came over and participated in the hop, and who became followers of my blog.

I appreciate you very much! :)

Candlelight Reads Blog Hop

Welcome to the Irish Gold Blog Hop sponsored by Candelight Reads blog!

In this hop, I'm giving away as a prize my award-winning book, "Said the Spider to the Fly". I'll give a print copy if the winner lives in the US, an eBook version if overseas. :)

Your requirements? Become a follower of my blog!

Remember to leave a contact address so the winner can be notified.

Thanks, and enjoy the hop. :) 

Caption Me This!

I saw this photo and just had to use it for a caption contest! LOL

What in the world do you suppose this sneaky feline is thinking????

The contest is open until the 14th. At that date, I'll announce a winner and he/she will receive the "highly coveted" (?) 'Caption Me This' Award!

Who? Me?

I was astonished to discover that an eBook cover I designed for author Celia Yeary was nominated for Best eBook Cover 2012 at the Preditors and Editors Poll. This is my first time being nominated as a cover designer, and I'm deeply humbled to whoever added this. Thank you so much!

I'd like to ask you, readers and friends, if you'd care to take a moment and vote on Texas Promise.

If you truly believe this cover deserves to win, then click on this link at Preditors and Editors, scroll down the page (the listings are in alphabetical order), click the title and continue to scroll. You'll be asked to do a spam test and then give your name and email address. A confirmation email will be sent to that address, and you click the link once it arrives in your inbox. Preditors never spams anyone, or gives out your email information.

I thank you all for your help!

Fat Man's in Living Color!

If you've read my award winning YA book, "When the Bough Breaks", you know that it opens with a scene described as Fat Man's drugstore. The setting is 1967. That year I, too, was a teenager. That year, drugstores such as the one I describe as 'Fat Man's' existed to not only sell prescription drugs, but they also served hamburgers, fries, ice cream sundaes, and fountain milk shakes. So often -frequently!- they became the place for high school-ers to hang out. Of course they would, what with that jukebox setting in the corner!

Last week I couldn't believe it when I walked into my local pharmacy and found an almost exact replica of how I pictured Fat Man's. I could almost see my hero, Parker, sitting right here on one of these stools!

He would have read the Coke advertisements displayed over the mirror.

Darlene, sitting in a booth with her sister, Gena, friend Margo, and heart throb, Roy, ordered their hot fudge sundaes from a counter like this.

And after enduring Parker's bold blue-eyed stare, when Darlene jumped up to leave the store and glanced back over her shoulder, she met Parker's gaze through the mirror. Oh yeah, you bet he winked at her.

So what happens next? After Darlene leaves Fat Man's (flushed by that flirty male wink!), does she discover a certain red T-bird convertible outside?

Who knows...maybe when I go back next week it really will be parked there!

Come Over to the Hop!

Without actually revealing my age...ahem...I'd love to share a new venture with my readers.

Recently, when corresponding with an online friend, she and I reminisced about how our childhood days were an age of innocence. Maybe ours was the last generation to not have to worry about an armed shooter storming our school, being sued for sticking our tongue out at a class mate, or ever seeing our picture included in an Amber Alert.

We had happy days. Days filled with listening to songs about young love, strolling barefoot down dusty dirt roads, and sharing party line telephones. Sure, we had hard times, but looking back now, those hard times were nothing more than moments of wondering if we'd passed our spelling test, or had enough pennies to make a nickel and buy that fudgesickle for dessert.

Heart filled with nostalgia, I told her, "You know. We should have a blog for folks like us. Folks who remember. Folks who lived those days. Folks who don't want to forget."

So, Bee-Bop & Bobby Sox was conceived.

If you too are a product of those days of the 50's and 60's, why don't you join us? Leave a private message for me at FaceBook, and I'll add your name as a regular contributor.

But come share with us. Make sure this generation doesn't forget our generation.

Come on over to the Hop. :)

Go here.