What is the Pulpwood Queens Girlfriend Weekend?

And why will I be flying off to Nacogdoches, Texas, in January? This Writer’s Digest article explains more about the world’s LARGEST book club – and the annual party that I am so looking forward to being part of! When else will I get to wear my cowboy...

Pulpwood Queen Book Club Girlfriend Weekend

Alice Hoffman headlines this annual weekend-long celebration of books and readers. Jan. 11 – 14, 2018, at Stephen F. Austin State College in historic Nacogdoches, TX. For ticket packages, check out the Beauty and the Book page.

Texas and tiaras!

WOOT! It’s official! I’ll be at the Pulpwood Queens Girlfriend Weekend in January! I have wanted to attend this wild and crazy book-club-cum-crazy-wild-party since I first heard about it (probably from the super-talented New York Times-bestselling author...

“A most unusual team…”

“A most unusual detection team…” begins this review of As Dark As My Fur in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The piece goes on to praise the book’s “combination of hard-boiled crime novel, feline fiction, corruption and even a touch of the...

“Daze of Futures Passed….”

“Music-scene insider Clea Simon’s WORLD ENOUGH shows how the daze of futures passed on the Boston rock underground reaches into the present to stir up darkness. Makes me want to get out my old Aught Nines vinyl.” –Milo Miles of NPR’s “Fresh Air with Terry Gross” Thank...