Pure gold

Paintbrush doesn't always just bloom orange, red, pink. Sometimes it's pure gold. This was blooming in our meadow this morning, when I got home from my short swing through North Texas: Brownwood (where I spoke to the Garden Club), Abilene (the Texas Author lunch at the Abilene Library), Texas Christian University (an author series luncheon), and Barnes & Noble in Fort Worth. A busy three days, seeing old friends, making new ones. It was a pleasure to see so many interested readers! I'm glad to be home, if only for 24 hours--just long enough to answer emails and get some clean undies. Tomorrow, I'm heading south, to Port Isabel and South Padre Island, for an author weekend on the beach, sponsored by the Port Isabel Library. And yes, I'm taking my camera, but not the laptop. So no blogging while I'm gone.

And yes, the blog tour is over. Many thanks to those of you who came along for the ride. You're a dedicated lot, you are! Peggy will be posting winners' names on the blog tour calendar when she gets a chance. Congratulations to all fifteen of you, and to the grand prize winner, as well! It was great fun. Let's do it again sometime. (But not just right away. Okay?)

In the meantime, very, very nice news. Spanish Dagger made the NY Times extended best-seller list and the Pacific Northwest Booksellers best-seller list. China and I are very pleased.

And here's an idea for you, when you've finished reading Nightshade. Click on over to Amazon or B&N and write a review of the book. Easy-peasy, as my friend Dani likes to say. Just tell what you liked (or didn't) about the book. Now is a good time to do it, while there are still only a few reviews up.

Reading note, from Nightshade: The fruit of the silver-leaf nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium) is a berry that is yellow or blackish when ripe. It was used by Southwestern Indians in making cheese. The berries were also used to treat sore throat and toothache. Nightshade berries mixed with cream have reportedly been used as a cure for poison ivy.--Wildflowers of Texas, by Geyata Ajilvsgi

Comments

[readerdiane]

Too often I forget to leave a review at Amazon, especially bad when I have enjoyed the book as much as I have this one.
I enjoyed the book and it was a fun read. Thanks