Shannon Stacey

Recently I ran into a friend of my husband’s. Not a best friend, but not merely an acquaintance, either. When he saw me, he smiled and said, “Hey, Mrs. S!” just as he has for almost twenty years, with the cheekiness of a long-standing inside joke. Yeah. He doesn’t remember my name. I’d never call [...]

The Patriots lost. It sucked. I think this loss was especially hard for two reasons. For one thing, it was to the Giants. Again. But mostly because everybody wanted this improbable Super Bowl win for Mrs. Kraft. (Deleted about six paragraphs of maudlin musings on the emotional undertone of this season. You’re welcome.) So anyway, [...]

Screwed up the coffee again this morning. It’s something I do at least once a month, but usually more. I think it’s because I set it up at eleven o’clock to go off the next morning and I’m not really at my best at bedtime. The absolute worst is forgetting to set the carafe in [...]

Yesterday I registered for the RWA National conference, which is in Anaheim in July. The whole family’s going, so it’ll be part work and part epic family vacation. With airports. We’re not really thinking about that part yet. Yes, I did try to convince my husband that driving would be awesome because we could pick [...]

Hey, everybody, All About Romance’s 16th Annual Reader Poll is live! Starting Monday January 16th and ending Sunday, January 29th at Midnight, US Eastern Standard Time you will have two weeks to send in your ballots for books published for the first time in 2011. So it’s time to start thinking about what books and [...]