Posts by Gin Phillips

So a couple of  major days to announce: First of all, by tomorrow afternoon, this baby will be getting his first glimpse of the outside world. He’s so big already (9 lbs 9 ounces) that the doctors don’t want to let him keep growing endlessly–he could be the size of a toddler if he goes…

I feel like I should mention why I haven’t been writing very much here in the last few weeks…and why that trend will probably continue for the next two or three months.  I’m 38 weeks pregnant.  Mostly my energy is spent trying to stay awake during the daylight hours…and manuevering from the sitting to standing…

I don’t think I’ve mentioned that the title of my New Mexico novel has been changed from Ghosts Underground to Come in and Cover Me. (I’ve given up hope that any title I come up with for a book will actually be used. It gets changed every time. And I’m okay with that–I’m more concerned…

Last Wednesday, when the tornados hit Tuscaloosa and west Birmingham, we were just sitting down to dinner in our dining room with seven or eight family members. If you don’t live in a tornado-prone area, I’m sure it’s hard to understand how you ever feel unconcerned about the tornado siren going off. But we get…

Nearly two weeks ago, I had a signing/reading in Montevallo, Al., at Eclipse Coffee and Books. If you live in the area ad haven’t been, it’s worth going to Eclipse just for the milkshakes. (They were in the Birmingham News last summer in an article on the best  milkshakes in town.) My favorite is the…

It was a fairly eventful Spring Break. We went down to Rosemary Beach in Florida, and–aside from enjoying the weather and the sand–I also sold a book to Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Well, I didn’t really sell it. My agent did. She’s the one who’s good at the actual business part. My new…

The best reading spot possible….

Well, finally we’ve had one of those great ienxplicable warm spells in winter that makes you love living in the South. I think it’s been a week now in the 60s and 70s. Shorts and T-shirts.  Ahhhh. Inevitably we’ll snap back to some winter weather before spring is really here, but this is so good…

I’m a little nostalgic for a good Oscar party.  For a few years, I always threw one, and everyone would bring themed food. (I’m a big fan of themed food.) Our friends Corey and Elaine did a fantastic job of making cupcakes representing each best picture nominee, with the themes of the movies being acted out by…

Okay, I took a very long blog sabbatical. First I wasn’t feeling well, then Christmas craziness hit, and eventually I just decided to take a break until after the holidays. Then that apparently extended until after MLK Day. But I’m back.  A quick update: GHOSTS UNDERGROUND is gone to the copyediting/layout stage–my part’s totally finished. Which is…