Captain's Log, Stardate 03.01.2008 It’s my Only Uni blog tour! Here’s the full schedule. I’ll be updating as things change, and I’ll also be posting every day about each stop on the tour. 3/1 I’m guestblogging at 123pizza about balance. 3/2 I talk about how I met Danica Favorite-McDonald on her blog. 3/2 Alison Strobel Morrow gives a fun interview and I reveal what uni really is. 3/2 I talk about pursuing our dreams on Michelle Gregory’s blog 3/3 Tricia Goyer asks what restaurant the two of us would go out to tonight! 3/3 Pamela James asks me about how I met Captain Caffeine. 3/3 I give Ruth (ChristianFictionQueen) the scoop on how Only Uni went from publishing flop to published book. 3/4 Jamie Driggers asks me to guest blog about when I quit my job to write full time. She also posts a review of Only Uni . 3/4 Here’s a neat twist—I interview Janet Dean on her blog! 3/5 I give some hard advice for writers on the Shades of Romance blog 3/5 In an interview with Dineen Mille...

Captain's Log, Stardate 02.29.2008 The Automatic 2nd Date by Victorya Rogers I received a copy of The Automatic 2nd Date , and it’s been very eye-opening even though I’m no longer dating. Since I target a lot of teenaged and 20-something women, and since many of my readers are single, I thought I ought to see what the book’s about. The tone is very enthusiastic and positive. I enjoyed the spirit of the writer as I read. It’s an uplifting, upbeat book, and yet she also gives a great deal of practical tips, so it will appeal both to women who want an encouraging book and women who want a more pragmatic book. I also have an interview with Victorya today! Enjoy! I must say that too often dating is a part of life filled with dread and disappointment. Is there a way to approach dating and avoid those results? Dating Coach and author of The Automatic 2nd Date Victorya Rogers says there is indeed. She says her dating secrets also remove the anxiety from the process and help any woman trans...

Captain's Log, Supplemental I’m blogging over at Faithchick today about my favorite pastime, SLEEP! Sleep

Captain's Log, Supplemental I go off on a rant (just a tad) on the Girls, God, and the Good Life blog today: Fat day

Captain's Log, Stardate 02.26.2008 Things you may not have known about me: A) Four jobs I have had in my life: 1. Librarian's assistant 2. Psychology research assistant 3. Biologist 4. Media Center manager B) Four movies I would watch over and over: 1. Lord of the Rings 2. Pride and Prejudice (BBC version) 3. Firefly/Serenity 4. Persuasion C) Four places I have lived in my life: 1. Wahiawa, Hawaii 2. Stanford, California 3. San Jose, California 4. Santa Clara, California D) Four TV shows I love to watch: 1. 24 2. Battlestar Galactica 3. Chuck 4. Burn Notice E) Four places I have been on vacation: 1. Disneyworld 2. Japan 3. China 4. New York F) Web sites I visit almost every day: 1. Statcounter 2. Amazon 3. ACFW 4. my blog G) Four of my favorite foods: 1. steak, on the rare side of medium rare 2. potatoes made any way, but especially French fries 3. foie gras 4. Portuguese sausage H) Four places I would rather be right now: 1. Heaven 2. Hawaii 3. Great Britain 4. Italy Anyone wa...

Captain's Log, Stardate 02.24.2008 Leave any prayer requests in the comments and I’ll be praying this week. You don’t have to be Christian to leave a prayer request. If you’d rather not advertise to everyone on the blogosphere, just leave an unspoken prayer request or e-mail me. If I forgot your prayer request, email me. Not to be mean or anything, but if you don't email me or comment to update your prayer request, I'm only going to pray ONE Sunday. I’m trying something new with my Sunday Prayer. I’m really bad about doing it on Sunday , so I’ll be updating it during the week. Dear Lord, thank you that we can come to you. I pray for complete healing for Malia, Helen, Kelli, Kristy. Thank you that Bruce is in remission. Please keep him in good health. I lift up Case and his family to you. I pray for complete healing for Sharon. Give wisdom to her doctor. Please be with Anonymous and her son, who has Peroneal Nerve Motor Neuropathy in his legs. I pray you will relieve the pai...

Captain's Log, Supplemental Literary agent Rachelle Gardner asked a few fiction authors what they did/do to build their marketing platforms. I was one of them! If you're a writer, go check it out: Fiction Platform There's a lot of good information from all the authors she interviewed.