IT'S REVIEWS LIKE THIS ONE. . . .

Just had to share this wonderfully insightful and beautifully written review of WHISTLING IN THE DARK that I received from Ginger on her fantastic website: http://gingerwroot.com/review-of-whistling-in-the-dark-by-lesley-kagen/ 

What's Cookin?

According to Yahoo News: "Miley Cyrus Identifies As Pansexual."

I don't really care if Miley Cyrus wants to have sex with cookware. Maybe not so much a "whatever" thing, but a "Wearever" thing.

What do you think? 

Should she keep a lid on it?

A Day Maker!

Lesley,

I am 63 years old and retired 2 years ago looking forward to having time to read books again. I remember when I was younger finding a bookthat I just loved and putting it down for long stretches just to savor the experience.

When I first retired I bought 6 books including 

recommended books from Oprah's Book Club.

I began reading each one but could not finish or

if I did it was forced. I had lost my love for reading

and it saddened me deeply.  That is until now, two years

later I tried one more of those books and it was

"Whistling in the Dark".  It just took the right book.

Thank you for giving me back my Love for Reading.

I will now have many years in retirement looking

forward to a good book.

Truly,

Deborah Ott

A MEDITATION

I have been meditating for over thirty years. It's benefits are vast and too numerous too list. I tend toward classical meditation, but, this week, I began throwing this one in the mix to keep my soul in balance. http://laughingsquid.com/fck-that-a-guided-meditation-for-the-realities-of-todays-world/

HALLELUJAH!

When something happy-making happens to me completely out-of-the-blue, I gotta shout out a joyful, "Hallelujah!" because, damn, I just adore those heaven-sent Gotchas!

I'm so enormously thrilled and honored that the American Booksellers Association has chosen The Resurrection of Tess Blessing for their prestigious SUMMER 2015 INDIE NEXT LIST for READING GROUPS. Considering how much I love independent bookstores and book clubs, I couldn't feel more grateful!

 Thank you . . . Thank you . . . Thank you!

HAVING A BALL!

The absolutely best part about writing a book, hands down, is when readers get in touch with me to tell me how much they love the characters. The response to the young Finley sisters featured in THE UNDERTAKING OF TESS has been so rewarding and amazing! Thank you!

So here I am in my little farmhouse, at my desk, a warm summer breeze blowing through my front door, hard at work coming up with the Finley girls' next story because I love them as much as you do. These saucy, irreverent, scrappy girls make me laugh. And relieving my childhood is always sweet, except for . . .well.
Sister Margaret Mary, wherever you are, I bet you would've been a lot nicer to this ten-year-old kid if you'd known I'd grow up to be a writer, I am thinking with a big fat smirk on my face:)

AN E-VENT

When I wrote THE UNDERTAKING OF TESS and THE RESURRECTION OF TESS BLESSING, I had this half-baked idea that I might touch some of the 40 million people who deal with anxiety, and the feelings of alone-ness that ensue. One can never take reviews, either stellar or cruddy, too seriously, but still, I can't help but be discouraged some days, and flat out pissed on others by readers who describe Tessie as a "whiner" or "wimp", when, in fact, the old gal is the strongest character I've ever written. I know these kinds of remarks are ignorant and fear-based, but shit, it gets old.

This article explains the other side of the coin of the anxiety struggle. And why Tessie feels as deeply as she does. Can you relate? If you can't, that's fine, but at least, for God's sake, entertain the idea that others' journey may not be as cut and dried as you'd like to kid yourself into thinking yours is.

http://www.feelguide.com/2015/04/22/science-links-anxiety-to-high-iqs-sentinel-intelligence-social-anxiety-to-very-rare-psychic-gift/