Paula Cole has a question.

And Charlene Teglia answers it very nicely: they’re in Wild Wild West.

I’ve really got nothing to add to the review at Dear Author. These were all yum. Oh, and I love the cover, too.

I’ve said this before, but I’ll do it again: novellas are lifesavers for me when I’m writing, or when I’m dying for something to read, but don’t have a lot of time. Less than an hour to zip through one, and I get a full story — and I don’t grit my teeth when I put it down, not knowing when I’ll be able to pick it up again, and lose the momentum that I find so necessary in a full length novel.

I hate putting a book down (unless I’m hating the book). These, there was definitely no hate. And they fit just right.

There are more cowboys here. Oh, and here. And here. And here. And, oh my gosh [shameless plug] some guy named Drifter [/shameless plug] (and this song was on my Demon Night writing soundtrack … and my daughter knows it by heart now. I feel bad when she sings, “I’ll go wash the dishes while you go have a beer.” I think I’m probably a bad mother.) I should probably start playing this for her instead …

…so that in twenty years she isn’t playing this: