My first day in New York was this heady, delicious glimpse of spring. Everyone on the street was whistling and strolling in light sweaters and shirtsleeves. I was kicking myself for packing such winterlike clothes. (I even brought a Cuddleduds turtleneck, for heaven’s sake).
Then, the God of Spring winked and invited his friend the […]

Well, this is exciting! Many thanks to Susan Crosby for sending me the review from Romantic Times BOOKreviews. Apparently, the reviewer loved my May release, BABY BY CONTRACT. Yippee!!!
Here’s what she wrote:
BABY BY CONTRACT
by Debra Salonen
RT Rating: 4.5 Top Pick!
Category: SERIES
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: May 2008
Line: Harlequin SuperRomance
Buy Now at Amazon
$5.50
After the death […]

Hi, all,
Just wanted to wish you a Happy Easter. Our friendly neighborhood Easter turkey was gobbling outside my window at 6:30 this morning. Maybe that’s why they went with bunnies as the holiday symbol — they’re quieter.
My pal Barbs passed along this interesting fact sheet explaining why Easter is so early this year. […]

Okay, so that was a bit of a leap, but I’m so happy about both of these things I just had to shout it out.
Yesterday hubby and I drove to the big city of Fresno to pick up our pricey new potty — a Toto. A queenly throne, I’m told. We also bought […]

Top o’ the afternoon to you. Hope everyone is having a lovely St. Patrick’s Day. Mine is sunny and bright and I’m not getting any writing done, darn it. Must be the leprechans messing with my attention span. And three wee lassies dropped by this morning. Here’s a shot of one. The others were camera […]

I just got the official version of my May cover of BABY BY CONTRACT. I think it’s rather sweet and pretty. Let me know what you think and I’ll draw the name of one the responders to recieve a little Mount Rushmore refrigerator magnet.

(Insider info: the federal-looking building in the background is […]

That sounds like a boring topic, doesn’t it? But this is something fun. Way cool fun, actually.
The Sacramento Rose chapter of RWA has been doing a yearly Reader Appreciation luncheon. First year, our speaker was Debbie Macomber — who made us laugh and cry. Last year, was Julia Quinn, who was wonderful despite suffering from […]

I hate the change to and from Day Light Savings. Makes me crazy and cranky. I heard on the TV that Ben Franklin came up with DLS as a way to save people money by giving them more daylight hours for work and chores to save on the cost of kerosene. I don’t know about […]

Idleness, I mean. As in how can it be March and I haven’t blogged in weeks? Where did February go?
Well, I finished the revisions on my second book in my new series (HIS BROTHER’S SECRET - 9/08) AND did the line edits a few days later — my new editor is amazing; […]