Rebel Belle

Tuck Self at Rebel Belle is hosting the Tuck Your Skirt 2011 Blog Tour today with a very special treat. Tune in to the Tuck Talk radio program to listen to a recorded interview with moi.

As you've probably already guessed, a Rebel Belle is no ordinary southern lady. She's "A southern voice for bold self-expression." After enjoying the podcast, you really must take a peek under the Human Design tab. Then scoot to the Coaching tab and grab some inspiration for living your best life.

Over the next few weeks. I'm visiting more blogs around the country, participating in Q&A, sharing excerpts from Tuck Your Skirt in Your Panties and Run, and giving folks a chance to listen to podcasts and watch videos about me and Tuck Your Skirt. Some bloggers will be hosting giveaways so you'll definitely want to stop by.

I hope to see you along the virtual book tour trail. Meet the blog tour hosts.

I'd love to visit your blog, too. Email me if you're interested or check here for more details.

Spare Change

Wow! I've met so many wonderful people on my Tuck Your Skirt 2011 Blog Tour. My social network has expanded as much as my web-reach. One of the new friends I've made is Bette Lee Crosby, author of Spare Change.

Spare Change is the story of Olivia Westerly who believes children weigh a woman down like a pocket full of stones—after avoiding marriage for over fifty years, she finally relents and ends up with a foul-mouthed grandson who’s got a murderer in hot pursuit. Written in a Southern voice – it’s a murder mystery with heart and humor.  To read the first chapter, visit the Bent Pine Publishing blog  http://wp.me/P1HSgW-N

Back cover copy for Spare Change:

Olivia Westerly was woman whose father disowned her when she tossed her nose in the air and left home in pursuit of a job he considered scandalous. He’d expected her to marry and settle into having babies as her friends had done; but Olivia simply couldn’t tolerate the thought. Why just the mere mention of children sent chills up her spine!

 Believing that children weigh a woman down like a pocket full of stones, Olivia avoids such entanglements for almost forty years…then she meets Charlie Doyle and everything changes. Even though Charlie has a son, and a grandson he’s supposedly never seen, Olivia is blinded by love and happily says “I do.”

That happiness is cut short when Charlie dies on their honeymoon and Olivia returns home to find eleven year old Ethan Allen Doyle sitting on her doorstep. The boy’s parents are dead and only two people know the truth of what happened—Ethan Allen isn’t talking and the murderer wants to make certain he never does. Olivia is the only one who can stop it from happening.  

Spare Change officially released yesterday and is available from Amazon, Kindle and Nook.

On Amazon, readers can download a free sample, or read part of the book for free. The introductory price on Kindle is only $2.99.

Get to know Bette Lee Crosby better. Visit her personal blog:  http://betteleecrosby.wordpress.com

Simply Southern Girl

Simply Southern Girl is hosting the Tuck Your Skirt 2011 Blog Tour  today. A Q&A with Britain, THE Simply Southern Girl, reveals my biggest struggles with writing, tips for aspiring writers and bloggers, and a few things more. She's also hosting a giveaway.

Enter to win a Tuck Your Skirt tote

and a copy of Tuck Your Skirt in Your Panties and Run.

Over the next few weeks. I'm visiting more blogs around the country, participating in Q&A, sharing excerpts from Tuck Your Skirt in Your Panties and Run, and giving folks a chance to listen to podcasts and watch videos about me and Tuck Your Skirt. Some bloggers will be hosting giveaways so you'll definitely want to stop by.

I hope to see you along the virtual book tour trail. Meet the blog tour hosts.

I'd love to visit your blog, too. Email me if you're interested or check here for more details.

Cubicle Sanity

The Tuck Your Skirt 2011 Blog Tour is visiting Cubicle Sanity today, where you can listen to a podcast of me discussing the fine line of writing about friends and family. Plus read an excerpt from  Tuck Your Skirt in Your Panties and Run titled Snapping Over Snapple. It has an ending that I really love.

Enter yourself for a chance to win a Tuck Your Skirt tote

by leaving a comment that has the word "panties" in it without repeating the title of the book. I know you're up for the challenge.

Over the next few weeks. I'm visiting more blogs around the country, participating in Q&A, sharing excerpts from Tuck Your Skirt in Your Panties and Run, and giving folks a chance to listen to podcasts and watch videos about me and Tuck Your Skirt. Some bloggers will be hosting giveaways so you'll definitely want to stop by.

I hope to see you along the virtual book tour trail. Meet the blog tour hosts.

I'd love to visit your blog, too. Email me if you're interested or check here for more details.

Bald is Beautiful

Extra Entertainment

Augusta Family Magazine

now lists Lucy Adams blog posts on the home page. Click the link and scroll down on the left.

I'm very honored.

Parents and families receive timely and helpful information in the pages, both print and digital, of Augusta Family Magazine.

An Overdue Date

Yesterday my husband and I got together during the lunch hour. Since the school schedule began, we've said our hellos and goodbyes in the driveway. This was a time out.

I picked him up from work and for the first minutes in weeks we were face to face, eyes open, talking. We discussed what we wanted to get out of the next hour. We shared our thoughts and feelings. We did some testing to make sure we were both on the same page with things.

"This is like a date," I exuberantly confessed to my husband, as I pulled my car into the Visitor parking space.

"This is a parent-teacher conference," he reminded me, "in a middle school, to discuss our son's behavior issues."

 My corrupted romantic expectations splattered all over the linoleum-tiled hallway where a janitor sprinkled Emergency Clean-Up granules on the mess and swept it away. The embarrassing evidence of elation was publicly removed.

A wet residue of guilt for my misaligned gleefulness remained.