Category: Life Sharon

Article in my local newspaper

This past Sunday, August 9, your humble authoress was featured in a full page spread in the Hanford Sentinel, my local newspaper. Talk about surreal! I was waiting to share the fun with all of you here on the blog until the article was placed online. Here is the link...

An Anniversary, Bad Ankle, and Beloved Mom

You are probably thinking that I haven’t added anything to the blog lately because I am busily preparing for my big launch, right? Well, one would be generous to assume that is the case! The fact is, I have had little time to breathe these past two weeks and none...

RWA Conference Days #2 and 3

Finally, right? I am home, it is Monday morning, and I slept for 9 hours straight! Sorry for the delay in sharing my news but the last 2 conference days were jammed from early sunrise to well after the sun was set. I am not complaining as it was fabulous....

RWA Conference Official Day #1

Good morning everyone! Yes, I am not getting around to posting anything about yesterday – the first official day of the Romance Writers Conference in Washington DC – until today. No, I was not out until the wee hours of the morning partying! Rather I was exhausted and needed to...

RWA Nationals Day #1

I am sitting here at 11pm totally exhausted and thinking it is probably impossible for me to write anything coherent! And, typical me, I forgot to whip out my camera more often than I remembered! Tomorrow I will try to get over my fear of looking like a total geek...

General vacation musings

Hi everyone! The Lathan family vacation was wonderful. Very relaxing and fun. We spent 6 days in the California Gold/Motherlode country. It was a bit cooler than what we are used to here in the central valley, but still gorgeous and warm. We did a fair amount of hanging out...

Romance Writers Conference

My first conference, EVER!!! Yep, I am very excited. I have written a bit about the Romance Writers of America (RWA) National Conference that is coming up this next week a few times, but wanted to talk a bit more about it. It is being held at the Wardman Park...

Lathan Family Vacation ’09

It is that time of year again: The Lathan clan – all four of us – clean out the dusty travel trailer, stock her up with our belongings and a ton of food, and head off to places unknown. It is what we look forward to all year. Eight years...

Happily Ever After

Today was again my turn over at the Casablanca Blog. As always I want to share my musings with you all as well. Enjoy! I was all set to write up today’s blog on the Lathan summer vacation plans. I had the first paragraph written in my head and was...

Washington or Bust!

Today it is again my turn to blog over at Casablanca Authors. Since I have been busily cementing my plans for the RWA conference this coming July, I decided to talk about that! Naturally you all will be hearing more of my enthusiasm both before and after I attend the...

Sit Down with Sharon

Howdy everyone! It has been a while since I shared a smattering of happenings from the life of Sharon. Naturally I have been busy lately, but what else is new in my crazy life? I have a bunch of publishing updates to enlighten you all on, but will be addressing...

Interview with Bridget

Today I am honored to be guesting on Good Books, Bad Books. Blog owner Bridget was one of many who accepted ARCs from my wonderful publicist Danielle. To my delight and hers, she loved my novel! 5-Stars!! Bridget’s review of Mr. and Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy can be read on my...

Embracing Inspiration

Today it was my turn to blog over at the Casablanca Authors website and I decided to talk a bit about art and the mystery of inspiration. Here is what I wrote:  Over three years ago now something happened that changed my life. I walked into a movie theater and...

My visit with Deb in Berkeley

Isn’t it marvelous that our world seems to get smaller every day? My wonderful editor, Deb Werksman, was invited to speak at a meeting of the San Francisco area Romance Writer’s of America group over the Valentine’s weekend. In turn, she invited me and another fellow Sourcebooks author (the wonderful...

Holding my debut novel!

  Here she is! The book, I mean, being held in my hot hands FINALLY!!! What an amazing day. The UPS man came on Tuesday, just as I was leaving for work. I had no time to celebrate with my family, but all my work buddies were thrilled! It is...