Kay Hudson

Archives

• Nonfiction New and Old
• Romance!
• Changing Cars
• New from Kate Parker
• Cozy Roundup
• Nostaligia Fail
• A Novel for Oz Lovers: Finding Dorothy
• The Silent Patient
• Nutmeg
• Two Historical Fictions
• Mysteries: Three Firsts and a Third
• Random Nonfiction
• New From Cheryl Bolen: Last Duke Standing
• Happy New Year 2019!
• An Academic Mystery Series
• Mysteries With Humor
• An Afternoon at the Post Office
• Recent Reading: Cozies
• Texas Lightning
• The Night of the Triffids
• Mysteries & Mayhem
• Kristan Higgins: Good Luck With That
• And More Cozies
• Random Reviews: August
• There IS an App For That!
• And the Golden Heart® Goes to . . .
• Three Mysteries
• Hollywood and Texas
• Scattered Science Fiction
• The Earl, the Vow, and the Plain Jane
• Back on Trek
• The Reign of King Henry IX
• The Portrait of Lady Wycliff
• More Techno Fun
• More Cozies
• A Visit From the Easter Raccoon
• Phyllis Whitney Revisited
• The Birth of Hollywood
• Golden Heart Calling!
• The Dead End Job Mysteries
• The Boleyn King
• Flash Drives!
• And More Mystery Reviews
• Lark Brennan’s Durand Chronicles
• More Series Mystery
• Pamela Kopfler’s Better Dead
• Into the New Year
• Resplicing the Cord
• Veronica Scott’s Sectors SFR
• Jennifer Weiner: Hungry Heart
• Spellbound Mysteries
• Sally Kilpatrick’s Bless Her Heart
• Heavenly Creatures Revisited
• Breaking the TV Habit
• More Mysteries (To Read!)
• Nature vs. Technology
• Natalie Meg Evans: The Wardrobe Mistress
• Gerry Bartlett’s Texas Pride
• This ‘n That
• The Movie Club Mysteries
• Nina Bangs’ Forever Wicked
• And More Mysteries
• The Man in the High Castle
• Mystery Roundup
• Star Trek and Red Shirts
• Bosch: Season One
• Two Tudor Plots
• Suspense!
• A Country Mouse in London
• Three New Mystery Series
• Keeping Up To Date
• Gerry Bartlett’s Texas Trilogy
• More Adventures in Technology
• Retail Memories
• John Scalzi’s Fuzzy Reboot
• Dave Barry’s Florida
• Sonali Dev: A Change of Heart
• Three Murders & a Death
• Writer Wednesdays: Favorite Phone Apps
• Naomi Novik’s Temeraire
• Gothic revival: In the Shadow of Lakecrest
• Seven Months of Trek
• Preston’s Lost City of the Monkey God
• New Books from Phillips and Flagg
• Three Funny Books
• Money Tree
• Happy New Year 2017
• Merry Christmas!
• Susanne Alleyn: Medieval Underpants and Other Blunders
• Three Good Mysteries
• Cheryl Bolen: Ex-Spinster By Christmas
• Donna Frelick’s Fools Rush In
• Two Historical Novels
• It all started with the dryer . . .
• Colleen Thompson: The Off Season
• Donna Frelick: Trouble In Mind
• Random Reviews
• Sally Kilpatrick’s Better Get To Livin’
• Techno Fun, Again
• AE Jones: In Sickness and In Elf
• Cindy Brown’s Ivy Meadows Mysteries
• After Pride and Prejudice
• The Elegant Beast
• What’s in My Purse?
• Visiting the Vorkosiverse
• Random Reviews
• Hell On Wheels: Done
• Tara Holloway Is Back
• More SF Romance from Veronica Scott
• Lark Brennan: Irresistibly Yours
• Sarah Andre: Tall, Dark, & Damaged
• Cozy Mysteries
• Hell On Wheels: Two Soldiers
• Vacation? What’s a Vacation?
• Another Adventure in Technology
• Review: How To Write Funny
• When I Grow Up
• K. M. Tolan: Tracks
• Natalie Meg Evans: A Gown of Thorns
• Cheryl Bolen: Oh, What a (Wedding) Night
• Reviews: Romantic Suspense
• Veronica Scott’s Sectors SF Series
• Car Talk
• Spring Forward: Techno Thoughts
• Kate Parker’s Deadly Scandal
• Mystery Round Up
• Recent Reading: Western Romance
• Writer Wednesday: What Makes a Romantic Date?
• Three SFF Novels
• Books: Mystery With Humor
• Books: Small Town Romance
• My New Toy: the Kindle Voyage
• Writer Wednesday: The TBR Pile
• Cheryl Bolen’s One Golden Ring
• Happy New Year! And, Of Course, Books
• Cheryl Bolen’s Egyptian Affair
• Writer Wednesday: Christmas Decor
• The Victorian Bookshop Mysteries
• A E Jones’ Mind Sweeper Series
• Writer Wednesday: Favorite Holiday Books
• Reading in the Dark
• Writer Wednesday: Naming Names
• A Few Days in the 20th Century
• Natalie Meg Evans’ The Milliner’s Secret
• Death By Decibels
• Changing (TV) Seasons
• Chet & Brigit: Dog Detectives
• Changes in Book Buying
• Writer Wednesday: Three Searches
• Culls and Keepers
• Writer Wednesday: Natural Disasters
• Cheryl Bolen’s Countess by Coincidence
• Recent Reading: More Mysteries
• Sarah Andre: Locked, Loaded, & Lying
• Writer Wednesday: Summer Vacations
• Recent Reading
• Recent Reading: Friends
• I found the corkscrew!
• Excavating the Kitchen
• Writer Wednesday: Secrets of the Desk
• Recent Reading: Mystery
• The Debut of Writer Wednesdays
• Cheryl Bolen’s Duchess By Mistake
• Recent Reading: Science Fiction
• A Close Call in Traffic
• Scrivener & HTML
• Recent Reading
• Of AlphaSmarts and Changing Technology
• Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper
• Car Talk
• But the Calendar Says January!
• A Tale of Two Gothics
• Relax and Read More
• Sonali Dev: A Bollywood Affair
• Merry Christmas!
• Who Turned Out the Lights?
• Department of Domestic Mysteries
• Waiting on My Kindle
• Hell on Wheels: Ruth’s Decision
• Margaret Maron: Designated Daughters
• Cheryl Bolen’s Christmas in Bath
• Bollywood Books
• Another Computer Adventure
• Routing the Cat
• Romance in the Old West
• Kate Parker: The Counterfeit Lady
• Return of the Hurricane Lilies
• Bolly-Punk: The Dharian Affairs
• Writing Faster
• The Adventures of Chet and Bernie
• The Hundred-Word Crutch
• Recent Reading
• I Am Not a Foodie, But . . .
• Watching Plants Grow
• Another Box of Books
• The Dress Thief, by Natalie Meg Evans
• Summer TV and History
• RWA 2014
• Elaine Viets’ Catnapped!
• The Computer in the Closet
• How Smart Should My Phone Be?
• Diane Kelly’s Paw Enforcement
• Fannie Flagg’s The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion
• Scrivener Features: Links
• My Favorite Thriller: Steve Berry
• The Writing Process Blog Hop
• Kate Parker: The Vanishing Thief
• Nicki Salcedo: All Beautiful Things
• Bell: Write Your Novel From the Middle
• A Natural History of Dragons
• In Which I Excavate the Cedar Closet
• Recent Reading
• Sharon Sala’s The Curl Up and Dye
• Speculative Fiction for History Buffs
• HOW Old Was That Mattress?
• Texas History, John Ford, and John Wayne
• Recent Reading
• Memories of BK Reeves
• Book Shopping, Again
• Science Fiction for Romance Lovers
• Review: Love in the Library, by Cheryl Bolen
• A Winter Day
• Review: Forget Me Not, by Heather Ashby
• Sticking to My Story
• And Happy New Year
• Merry Christmas!
• Rails & Romance: Passion’s Prize
• And More Books
• Fun with Technology
• Shopping on Black Friday
• Fifty Years Ago Today
• Recent Reading
• New Toys for my Computer
• Life in a Cave
• Cleaning the House With a Shovel
• Review: The Theft Before Christmas
• Adjusting to Change
• Hell On Wheels: Season 3 Ends
• Changing Habits
• Fall Must Be Coming
• Recent Reading
• More Book Shopping
• A Visit to the Book Store
• Music and Memory
• Back to the Bookshelf
• What’s on Your Keeper Shelves?
• Railroads and Romance
• At RWA 2013 – Saturday
• At RWA 2013 – Friday
• At RWA 2013 – Thursday
• I’m Back
• Next Week, RWA13
• Back to Normal
• Pool Demo Update
• Farewell to the Pool
• Book Review: Maid of Secrets
• Open, Sesame–or Garage Door
• Scrivener Features: Auto-Complete
• Fun with Home Repairs
• Getting Ready for RWA13
• Scrivener Features: Project Targets
• More Reading
• Mother’s Day Memories
• Reading: Mystery & Suspense
• Distracted by Spring
• Keeping Up with TV
• Information Avalanche
• Recent Reading
• Another Ride on the Golden Roller Coaster
• More Digital Distress
• Circling the Digital Drain
• The Searchers Revisited
• Weekend With Writers
• When Memories Become History
• Happy Valentine’s Day
• And More Memories
• The Persistence of Memory
• Abibliophobia Strikes Again
• Research: Would She Say That in 1877?
• The Influence of Books, Part 7 (and Last)
• Welcome, 2013!
• Memories of a Holiday Wedding
• Let There Be Light — Please!
• Party Season, and, of course, Books
• Book Review: Sharon Lynn Fisher’s Ghost Planet
• The Influence of Books, Part 6
• The Influence of Books, Part 5
• Happy Thanksgiving
• Another Winner from Diane Kelly
• Veteran’s Day, Again
• Veteran’s Day
• Buying Books Again
• The Influence of Books, part 4
• Hey, Where Did My Word Count Go?
• A Reading Day!
• Reading, Writing and Watching
• The Influence of Books, part 3
• Farewell, Lily Bell
• The Influence of Books, part 2
• Review: Cheryl Bolen’s Marriage of Inconvenience
• The Influence of Books
• Stopping By to Say Hello
• Catching Up
• As the Hurricane Lily Opens
• The First Sign of Autumn
• Review: Cheryl Bolen’s A Most Discreet Inquiry
• Hell on Wheels: Slaughterhouse
• Adventures in Technology: TV or not TV
• Review: Colleen Thompson’s Relentless Protector
• Thursday Thoughts
• Wednesday Roundup
• Catching Up
• Death, Taxes, and Diane Kelly
• Juggling the TV Schedule
• RWA Conference: Saturday
• RWA Conference: Friday
• RWA Conference: Thursday
• RWA Conference: Wednesday
• At the RWA Conference
• Home From the Conference
• See You Next Week!
• Thursday Thoughts
• Here Come the Firebirds
• The Steampunk Bible
• Going to California
• Whatever Happened to Instruction Manuals?
• Another Shaky Rung on the Technology Ladder
• Wandering on Wednesday
• Recent Reading
• Computers and Confusion
• Memory and Magic
• Mars Is Heaven!
• A Space Shuttle for Houston
• A Photo for Memorial Day
• Cliffhangers and Gamechangers
• Dark Moments and Cliffhangers
• Recent Reading: A Little Bit of Everything
• Remembrance of Books Past
• Happy Birthday, Jack
• Freeway Fright
• Little Bling, Big Thrill
• Two Meetings and Half a Dozen Books
• One Hundred Days and (Not) Counting
• Tuesday Ramblings
• The Golden Heart Revisited
• The Return of Mad Men
• Recent Reading
• Books, Books, and More Books
• Technology and Time Marching On
• A Kindle in My Computer – And Then Some
• Reading About The Craft Of Writing
• Shopping, Reading, and Random Thoughts
• “I Don’t Know How Those Files Got on My Computer!”
• Judging a Book By Its Cover
• Still Writing on Wednesday
• Thursday Thoughts
• Where Have All The Bookstores Gone?
• Recent Reading: Old and New
• No One Threw Vegetables
• Domestic Disaster Strikes Again.
• Weird Weather in Houston?
• Hell On Wheels Keeps on Rolling
• And a Happy New Year!
• Recent Reading: Mystery & History
• Farewell to Anne McCaffrey
• Merry Christmas to All!
• More Hell on Wheels
• Diane Kelly: Death, Taxes and Humor
• Behold the Versatile Blogger
• TV: Hell on Wheels
• Meeting the deadine
• Thanksgiving Thoughts
• Books from the past: Alas, Babylon
• Thursday Thoughts
• Michael Hauge’s Story Mastery Workshop
• Set That Deadline!
• Review: Cheryl Bolen’s With His Lady’s Assistance
• Thursday thoughts
• The pop culture obsession with zombies
• Jeannie Lin’s Butterfly Swords
• I bought HOW many books this year?
• Reading and writing and never enough time!
• The invisible To Be Read pile on my Kindle
• A glitch in my WordPress system: Solved.
• Software revisited: Action Outline
• Contest news has given me a deadline.
• Digital camera, Brownie brain.
• Search engine magic delights me.
• Contest judging has been keeping me busy,
• New Books from West Houston RWA Authors
• Review: Cheryl Bolen’s My Lord Wicked
• Yes, I made another pass through Borders.
• Life’s Minor Mysteries.
• I finished reading The Help this afternoon.
• Inching my way toward a platform in cyberspace,
• Review: Cheryl Bolen’s It Had to Be You.
• I had jury duty today.
• I didn’t buy a single book today.
• Back to Borders, for the last time?
• More Software, More Books.
• The Day of the Triffids
• The Going Out of Business sale at Borders Books
• Critique night at my local RWA chapter
• Men of a Certain Age won’t be back
• The last flight of the space shuttle
• A true book junkie, I came home from RWA
• Traveling to New York City and back
• I’m home from New York without a Golden Heart,
• Another Day at RWA
• More From RWA 2011
• New York, New York
• We’re leaving Monday morning for the RWA Conference
• Computers are wonderful–when they work!
• The competition dancing began tonight
• Books, books, books.
• At the West Houston RWA meeting this morning,
• Odd and Ends and Updates, Oh, My!
• Temptation dropped into my email box last week,
• Ordering business cards
• Getting my writing back on track has not been easy.
• I was looking for a change of pace
• So You Think You Can Dance
• My technology has been ganging up on me.
• There’s something very comfortable
• The world didn’t come to an end this evening,
• I love software for writers.
• The Stargates shut down last night,
• Browsing the bargain racks at the Kindle store
• I wasn’t planning to go to New York
• Alternate history fiction
• My Kindle knows me too well.
• My critique group laughed at me last night,
• Contests, Contests, Contests
• How long have I been writing, you ask?
• Paper books are in no danger
• Where, oh where has my reading time gone?
• Among my excuses
• Kindle shopping
• Last month I bought a Kindle,
• Welcome