Do you know what came lurching out from behind a sand dune on Ft. Myers Beach, Florida? No, not a sand crab....

Blowing out candles on three cakes is tough to do, but where there's a will – hey, enough time and I got it done. Bummer, the Birthday Wish Fairy said instead of three wishes I could have only one granted, IF I would eat another taco. Done! One of my male friends wrapped THE LAST SECOND (my only copy and yeah, that's pretty cheap) and wrote on it: With Love, Your Dream Man. (I do hope he wasn't talking about himself.) Bet you can guess what my wish is. A birthday coming up for someone? The buy links are pumping up ready to sing "-- and many more."

You won’t believe it, but some malcontent reader tried to nab my brand-new copy of THE LAST SECOND...

I’m sitting on top of my hot tub with my precious new Nicholas Drummond thriller, out March 26. Do I dare take a chance of getting this gorgeous, hot-off-the press beauty – THE LAST SECOND – a tiny bit wet? Do pages dry faster if the water is 104 degrees? Or slower?

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and I’m bringing it up in the frigging middle of January. Why? I’ll tell you -- it’s time for you to give mama (me) a big push – how? you ask, sitting on the edge of your seat. For your Valentine, to go with the chocolates and/or/both a Warrior’s t-shirt, you will be more than golden if you also get your sweetie the trade paperback of PARADOX. What’s so cool about trade rather than hardcover and the regular paperback? You’re asking, again on the edge of your seats.