Friday, I went to Canyonway Bookstore in Newport Oregon.  The bookstore staff graciously invited Nina Kiriki Hoffman and I to do a signing and we had so much fun!  Nina brought her fiddle and treated...Foot. Lovely valley.  Blue sky with clouds coming in.  Classic Oregon. The road that took me home. All-in-all, I had a great time!   (even if I didn't see Big Foot.)* * yet ;)

I drove to Eugene, Oregon and had a fabulous signing at the wonderful Tsunami Books !  Couldn't have asked for better weather or nicer people to sign with.  Nina Kiriki Hoffman signed (in multi-colored... Tea Party Bookshop in Salem, Oregon on Saturday the 23rd at 7:00 pm.  --This will be the big book launch party with cake, goodies, and raffle. If you're in the area, I'd love to see you there!

Since I've babbled on and on about it here, you all probably know that MAGIC IN THE BLOOD came out on Tuesday the 5th. But did you know that this book also came out on Tuesday? I love Nina's...sinister tied to the town’s past, with the ability to absorb the very essence of life. Something Opal doesn’t have enough power to confront, much less drive from the man she has fallen in love with."