Would you believe I was idiot enough to bet my only copy of THE LAST SECOND on a pool game? Yeah, I lost, but I can win it back if I can sink the 8 ball. Hmm – isn’t that battalion of pool balls blocking the hole illegal? Or just plain rude?

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?