My cup...er, to-be-read-pile, overfloweth

So, before I left for TFest, I took a week off and gave myself the ultimate treat: a reading binge!! (If I sound like a book junkie, well, yes, Hi, I'm CJ and I love books...)

Here are the ones I indulged in that week:









BUT....here are the ones I came home with and that now sit tempting me everyday:

Oh my, just a taste, please--but once I start a book, I know the perils, it's so hard to stop!

Anyone else with this problem?

Hmmm....maybe I could give up cleaning the house to find more time to fit in reading? Whoops, I already do that to find more time to write!

TFest Fan-Girl moment: Me and Harlan Coben!

Thanks to Barbara Vey from Publishers Weekly for posting this "drive-by" video of me and Harlan Coben.



I can't believe I was coherent, I've been a huge fan of Harlan's for years and years! And Harlan was so sweet to mention my books! Just goes to show you the caliber of writers ThrillerFest attracts.

ThrillerFest Festivities!

I'm too exhausted to recap the entire week all in one post, so will start with some of the highlights:

Lee Child accepting his gift from the ITW Debut Authors--yes, it's a artist's rendering of Lee being chased by a hoard of 40 zombie-mutant-crazed debut authors for cover quotes!





What were they thinking? The very nice (and very cute!) ATF guys let me hold a M-5 submachine gun, woohoo!


Me and ITW president, Steve Berry, looking James Bond cool at the Awards Banquet.


Fun, friends, books, guns, readers--who could ask for anything more?

Anyone get Sirius?

I'll be appearing live on Doctor Radio (Sirius Channel 114) with Dr. Billy Goldberg, author of Why Do Men Have Nipples on Thursday, July 10th from 8am-9am.

Should be a fun time, so if you Sirius, tune in!

More LIFELINES sightings...

Ruth sent this pix and said:

I loved your book! I couldn't put it down. I can't wait for the next one!
I was reading it while on a cruise in a caribbean, here's a picture of me at the beach in Labadee, Haiti with your book.

And Margie sent this pix--she drove all the way from Canada to have her picture taken with me and LIFELINES!

(well, I think her husband's fishing trip and vacation had something to do with it as well, lol!)

Thanks guys! And remember, if you want to enter for a chance to win a $25 Barnes and Noble gift card and a LIFELINES t-shirt, just email me your photo of you and your copy of LIFELINES!

They'll be posted here and eventually on a special page on my website. Winner will be announced in my Summer newsletter!

Wordsmiths Gala!!!

The wonderful folks at Wordsmith's Bookstore in Decatur, GA invited me to participate in their anniversary celebration last weekend and I had a blast!

The guest of honor was the unforgettable Toni McGee Causey (Bobbie Faye's Kinda, Sorta, Not Exactly Family Jewels) who taught us how to shuck crawfish.

Wordsmith's threw a cajun party, a fais do-do, for Toni and Tim from BabyGotBooks litblog did the honors of preparing the crawfish boil.

Um-um-good.....Wordsmiths promised more fun than is legally allowed in a bookstore and they delivered!

Whoops! Kinda forgot to blog...

Hey there! I know, it's been a while! Sorry, I got a bit distracted running hither and yon launching LIFELINES.

But, one of my stops was in Pittsburgh where I had the chance to have some fun research for Book 2, WARNING SIGNS, spending an afternoon with a few of the Pittsburgh River Rescue guys!

Here are some pix, enjoy!
CJ