June 2021 Newsletter

It's Outer Banks time with 40 plus members of both sides of the family -- first time traveling (and in an airplane!) for what, two years? It seems like longer since we had to cancel out last summer.

May Newsletter 2021

Vol. 50 No. 007

Let me get the shameless advertising out of the way so by the time you've read the newsletter, it'll be embedded in your brain and you won't even realize you've had the sneaky implant. VORTEX -- incredible cover shown below -- is the 25th FBI thriller out August 10th. There, painless, done, be sure to pre-order because that makes the publisher very happy and, well, it makes me sing a bit of opera (not from Aida).

March 2021 Newsletter

Happy St. Patrick's Day Green beer? Excuse me? Who does that? I mean, could you be convinced that to properly celebrate this lovely Irish day, you are required to pour GREEN beer down your gullet? Hey, can you get GREEN beer Light? Would the color be a lighter green?

Newsletter February 2021

Happy February What a great month –- First the Super Bowl and a BIG congratulations to Tommy and the Bucs (not Benny and the Jets). And second, let’s hear it for Valentine’s Day, the only day of the year (other than your birthday) when chocolates have absolutely zero calories, so if you go for a hike, even munching chocolates as you tromp the trails, you’ll lose a couple of pounds. What more could you ask? Well, there’s red or yellow (my fav) roses, a clever card, and if you’re female, your other half owes you a half-day servitude. Valentine’s Day is definitely for the female half of the population. Guys, suck it up.

January Newsletter 2021

I don’t think any of us will ever forget the day we get our first vaccine shot. Will we drive up, stick our arm out the window, visit the dentist and beg him/her not to give us the vaccine shot in the gums, or visit our grocery store, not for the flu shot this time, but for the life-saving stuff to keep us dancing on the planet?

December 2020 Newsletter

Vol. 673 No. 486

What's the difference between the Christmas alphabet and the ordinary alphabet? The Christmas alphabet has noel.

GREAT NEWS: I sent VORTEX, the 25th FBI, to my editor last Tuesday. YEA! And guess what? Because I'm certifiable, I've already started writing the 5th novella in Grayson Sherbrooke's Otherworldly Adventures. Santa should be pleased with me, or give me valium.

NFL Football has gone amazingly well, considering all the pitfalls. Who do you think will visit Tampa for the Super Bowl?

November 2020 Newsletter

So many of you have told me you went directly from Halloween to Christmas –- a fantastic idea – or, like me, do both Thanksgiving and Christmas at the same time. There’s no reason to wait to bring out the bright Christmas decorations, the multi-colored lights strung up on the front of the house, maybe even a couple of reindeer and an inflatable Santa.

October 2020 Newsletter

October is a grand month. Air is crisp (some of you even already have snow, yipes!), leaves so vivid you just stand and stare, and to top it all off there’s Halloween. Since it’s such a bizarre year, I expect all of you to go all-out with decorations, spinning crazy and fun scenes with pumpkins, bats, candles and witches. For inspiration, take a look at the three Moron Pumpkin Heads in front of Morticia and Gomez. For my Halloween bubble party, I have twelve pounds of assorted candies, both fattening for those I don’t particularly like, and sugar free for good friends.

September 2020 Newsletter

Happy Autumn Equinox: Since it’s likely you’ve been sharing the smoke from our California fires, let me say typing ‘autumn equinox’ makes me feel like rain is coming soon. Rain dances would be appreciated.
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