One of the lovely things about The Virgin Manny is the adorable young college man with the solid pecs standing in front of a swimming pool in the summer. I love this picture. Yes, Tino is cute, but mostly? The picture is warm. So warm. California is in the process of maybe not crisping away… Read More

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!! *whew*  Okay– I have modest hopes for 2017, and they have certainly been raised by the offerings at this month’s Kermit Flail.   To start with, I need to say that Rayna Vause, Kate McMurray and I all have releases within two weeks of each other. We start with The Virgin… Read More

The Virgin Manny by Amy LaneGrowing up and falling in love…Sometimes family is a blessing and a curse. When Tino Robbins is roped into helping his sister deliver her premade Italian dinners when he should be studying for finals, he’s pretty sure it’s the latter! But one delivery might change everything.Channing Lowell’s charmed life changes… Read More

 So, the next time I chat with you all it will be New Years Day, and I’ll be all about launching The Virgin Manny, and I hope you all love it! But in the meantime, I thought I’d talk about what I did this year, and what you can expect from me next year, and… Read More

Booklandia has been a bit perturbed in the last couple of days, but instead of talking about that, I thought I’d talk about my release on January 1st instead. The Virgin Manny IS out in the next couple days, and it’s one of the Dreamspun Desires line. Now, I love this idea–I’ve talked about how… Read More

Well, the world lost another one today. When I was nine years old, my uncle beat the crap out of me. We’d been wrestling and he was winning (because he was nineteen) and as I knelt at his feet, my hands behind my back, I spit on him. And he lost it, cause, well, gross…. Read More

Okay– I always suck at this. My family’s white elephant exchange is this weird little dance between the practical and the practical joke, and for the longest time it was the hardest part of my year.  The trick is to buy something that is both awful and wonderful at the same time. It shouldn’t be… Read More

I have a couple of confessions to make. The first of which is that I’m not a very good knitter. Nice people will protest– people who have received my knitting as gifts will protest the loudest– but the fact is, when Rance from Winter Courtship Rituals of Fur Bearing Critters said, “My knitting is simple,”… Read More

Okay– so, we’re down to piles and fudge. I know that doesn’t sound exciting, but “piles” is where we sort all of the presents and see how much stuff our kids actually have. Because when you’re throwing it in the cart and trying to keep track of everybody it either A. Feels like way too… Read More

“Okay, so Squish gets the–“ “We already got her the—“ “But what do we have at home?” “I forget– did you get ZoomBoy the–“ “I thought you got him the–“ “But what did you order from the place?” “Do they both get clothes?” “Do they both need clothes?” “But they always get clothes–and pajamas!” “Pajamas!… Read More