Have you ever stopped to read the warning labels on some of the more common items found throughout your home?
You know, the high chairs that aren’t meant to be flotation devices, the hair dryers that aren’t for use while bathing, the hot coffee that’s, er, HOT…
At first glance they’re funny—in some cases laugh-out-loud funny. But […]

Park’s closed.
Moose out front shoulda told ya.
Translation: I’ll be back next week. In the meantime, if you know who said this and in what movie…leave it in the comments along with a line for the next person to guess. And so on, and so on. Have fun!
Hugs,
~Laura

While my friends have been an enormous source of strength for me over the past few years, perhaps the biggest thing I’ve relied on is hope.
According to dictionary.com, hope (as a noun) is the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best. In its life as […]

My birthday trip to New York City is now officially the stuff of memories–amazing memories that have me grinning ear-to-ear as I’m writing this blog. It was everything I wanted it to be and a million times more.
It started early Thursday morning…
My flight was on time, the shuttle into midtown was relatively uneventful, and I […]

I drive a 1992 Saturn SL1.
It’s a great car—transports me where I need to go, gets phenomenal highway mileage, wears its age extremely well, has a power moon roof (which I adore), old-fashioned crank windows, and a broken cassette player (a casualty, no doubt, of the short-lived Richard Marx stage I went through about […]

I’ve never been asked to give a toast before so bear with me for a few meandering moments paragraphs as I try to articulate my thoughts while simultaneously raising a glass to all of our GGKFMC readers…
If you were engaged in a game of word association, what would you say if the prompt you were […]

All us girls in the GGKFMC clubhouse–Diana, Tasha, Regina, Sara, and I–wish you a wonderfully happy and healthy Christmas.
May this be your most magical yet…
Hugs,
Laura
P.S. I’ve a blessing I’d like to share with all of you that I learned last week–news that required a little self-pinching and a few detox cry-athons before I trusted it […]

Like many of our GG readers, I couldn’t help but crack a smile at the first-hand account of Tasha’s birthday antics earlier this month. After all, it’s the one time of year when you get to feel special…truly special.
When we’re little, the annual milestone conjures up images of cake, parties, presents, and adding one more […]

Perhaps it’s a sign of momentary weakness on my part, but I’ve hit a lull in my literary motivation. The story is there and the characters are talking, but my gas tank is running a bit low.
And by low, I mean vapors.
I hit a similar state every time I complete a new manuscript, but, at […]

~The mind of a mystery writer is a scary place…
One of the various jobs I’ve taken on lately has me working at my favorite haunt—Borders. The people are great, the books motivating, the benefits a necessity. Yet, whether I’m shelving, recommending books, or ringing out customers, I’m still a mystery writer through and through…a fact […]