Archive for September, 2007
Williamsburg Book Signing
September 19, 2007 | Uncategorized
On Saturday, I took a day off from studying and drove up to Colonial Williamsburg. Barnes and Noble at The College of William and Mary was holding a book signing for Michelle Willingham, Diane Gaston, Sydney Croft, and Marliss Melton. Michelle is a member of CRW with me and the others authors I had heard of but had never met.
I had a wonderful time and the ladies were wonderful. If you ladies read this….It was great to meet you and I can’t wait to read your books!
Here are two pictures from the signing. I am sorry if they seem blurry…..
Slainte!
Heidi
Favorite Time of Year
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I have always loved fall, and October is my favorite month. Memories of apple orchards, apple cider, colorful tress, fallen leaves, Halloween, Thanksgiving, cooler evenings and days fill my mind. Here in coastal Virginia, the leaves generally don’t fall until Novemeber, but I love to drive to Williamsburg and northern Virginia and absorb the scenery of the changing colors.
Generally I try to put up my Halloween decorations around September 15. I like to have at least a full month to enjoy my lawn decorations. I think my neighbors have come to the conclusion my house is Halloween central. Some of them will decorate and some try to “out do” each other. Dont you just love that? NOT!!!
I just enjoy having fun and turning my simple ranch into a “Haunted House”. To add to the fun, on Halloween night I dress in my long black gown and long black velvet cape (I custom ordered it from England about 5 years ago), witches hat, and hand out goodies to the children. Of course, the candy is in my cauldron! Its SPELLtacular!! Haha….
Do you decorate for fall or Halloween/Samhain? If so what do you do for decorations and do you have a problem with your neighbors trying to put up bigger and better decorations? (This really happens at Christmas time with the lights, etc) What is your favorite season?
Slainte!
Heidi
Sisters in Crime Meeting
September 8, 2007 | Uncategorized
I recently joined Sisters in Crime (A mystery writers group) and went to my first meeting tonight. I had a wonderful time and everyone was so kind and supportive. We had a guest speaker, who was great and discussed fingerprinting and the police’s methods of finger printing in crime scenes. I also saw a few familiar faces from writers I had not seen in a few years. Overall, it was a great night and thanks to everyone who welcomed me!
Slainte!
Heidi
Quick Update, Tropical Storm, Oceana NAS Air Crash
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Finally, the rewrite is almost finished. It’s been tough with so much homework from Nursing school, but Ive managed to do it. I’m quite pleased with the rewrite, and the fact I’ve cut about 8000 words so far.
On the other hand, we are in a Tropical Storm watch for tommorrow, I’m waiting for the National Weather Service’s 5:00 pm report to determine what needs to be done to the yard, what needs to be tied down, or put into the garage and if we need to move the vehicles away from the trees. We have been anticipating one of our three huge maples in the back yard to come down during a storm, which would be a nightmare. If they came down, or even one of them, the house would have a lot of damage.
I just wanted to say my thoughts are with the family of the SNJ 4 Geiko Skytypers pilot’s who crahsed on Friday and died. He almost made the runway. The airport is only 2 miles from my house, and some people did hear the plane sputter and go down. I’ve spent a lot of time at air shows and around airplanes in my life and I hate to hear of these crashes. This was a rare aircraft, one of 11 left in the world I think.
Slainte!
Heidi
