 | 21 Sep 10 |
My good friend and great writer, Karen Olson, has just released the third book in her Tattoo Shop mystery series, DRIVEN TO INK. Now the funny thing about Karen…is how many times do you think she gets asked if she’s got tats?
Here is Karen’s response:
I am the last person I would ever have thought would write about tattoos. I have no tattoos. I have no plans to get a tattoo. But I am writing about them, and having the time of my life doing it.
When my editor asked me two years ago if I would want to write another series, I didn’t expect her to say they were looking for a tattoo shop mystery. The whole concept was a little hard to wrap my head around. Besides having no intimate knowledge of tattooing, I hadn’t written an amateur sleuth mystery before, and I knew that making sure my tattoo shop owner was still running her business while running around town solving crimes wouldn’t be easy.
Another problem was that my publisher wanted me to move out of my comfort zone of New England and set the book in a climate with palm trees. Since there are so many books set in Florida and southern California, I decided to set my series in Las Vegas. I had been to Vegas exactly one time in my life, for a period of two days.
This all goes against what you learn first as a writer: Write what you know. I found myself thrust into a world that I didn’t know at all. I had the challenge of creating characters I’d never met in a place I’d barely seen. Every part of me was screaming: Make a run for it!
I’m so glad I didn’t listen to myself. Brett Kavanaugh turned into a fascinating character once I visited a tattoo shop and read a fascinating book about the history of women and tattoo. She is in her early thirties, a professional woman who studied art and needed to make a living. She moved to Las Vegas to help out her brother, a police detective who’s broken up with his girlfriend and needs a roommate to help pay the mortgage. She’s got employees who are also friends. She’s got an unexpected friendship with a rival tattooist.
I decided since Vegas is larger than life, my plots could be, too. I’ve got runaway brides and a bevy of drag queens in the first two books. In this new one, the third in the series, DRIVEN TO INK, Brett lends her car to an elderly couple so they can get married at the That’s Amore Drive Through Wedding Chapel. But when they return the car, seems there’s a body of a Dean Martin impersonator in the trunk.
One of my favorite things is creating the tattoos that Brett inks on her clients and gets herself. She’s got Monet’s water lily garden on one arm, a Japanese koi on the other, a dragon that snakes around her torso and peeks above her tank top, a tiger lily on her side, a Celtic cross on her back, and Napoleon going up the Alps (a Jacques Louis David painting) on her calf.
What do you think of tattoos? And if you’ve got one, what is it?
Two lucky random commenters will win a copy of DRIVEN TO INK!
Karen E. Olson is the award winning author of the Annie Seymour mysteries and the Tattoo Shop mystery series. The third in the tattoo shop series, DRIVEN TO INK, is available now. Check out her website: www.kareneolson.com
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Lori G. Armstrong left the firearms industry in 2000. Her first mystery novel, BLOOD TIES, published in 2005, was nominated in 2006 for a Shamus Award for Best First Novel by the Private Eye Writers of America. The second book in the Julie Collins mystery series, HALLOWED GROUND, released Nov. 2006, was nominated for a 2007 Shamus Award for Best Paperback Original, a Daphne du Maurier Award and won the 2007 WILLA Cather Literary Award for Best Original Softcover Fiction. SHALLOW GRAVE, released in Nov. 2007, was nominated for a 2008 High Plains Book Award, a Daphne du Maurier Award and was a finalist for the 2008 WILLA Cather Literary Award. The fourth book, SNOW BLIND, released in Oct. 2008, won the 2009 Shamus Award, from the Private Eye Writers of America, for Best Paperback Original. Lori is a proud fourth generation South Dakotan and lives in Rapid City with her family.
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Wow, Karen, that really is going out of your comfort zone, but to great success. Congratulations. As for tattoos – like you, don’t have one, don’t have any plans to get one.
by Michelle Diener September 21st, 2010 at 4:22 amMichelle, I’m too chicken to get a tat
by Lori Armstrong September 21st, 2010 at 8:40 amI think it is fascinating that you could create this whole series that relate to tatoos. I don’t have a tatoo but my daughter does and so do many of her friends. I keep telling my husband that this generation likes tatoos and sees them as a way to express themselves.
by Maureen September 21st, 2010 at 5:07 amThat’s true, so many kids, including my daughter, get that first tattoo as soon as they’re 18!
by Lori Armstrong September 21st, 2010 at 8:41 amI absolutely LOVE tattoos and have SEVEN of them! (Yup, I said seven). Got my first one at fourteen and had no plans to stop anytime soon (I’m 22), but I had an allergic reaction of some sort after the last one, so, I’ll be thinking twice before getting the next. Either way, I absolutely adore the ones I have.
They are, in Chronological order: (and yeah, they have names. Most of them)
Crystal: A fairy sitting on the moon.
Misty: (From Mystery, because she’s on my back and I never really see her) A butterfly flying over a flower.
Allie & Nerf: A Witch with pink hair (I used to have pink hair) sitting on a Mushroom and her little black looking up at her.
Freek: A little elf sticking his tongue out.
Nameless Tattoo #1: A triquetra on my wrist.
Nameless Tattoo #2: A four leaf clover with little symbols in each of the leaves (a star, a heart, a flower and a butterfly). I write, right? Not professionally, but I love and adore my characters and that’s the tattoo four of them got when they were seventeen to symbolize their friendship, so, I got it for myself.
Still Nameless Tattoo #3 (it needs a name): A little two headed guy in a straitjacket that seems to have come out from a Tim Burton story — one of the faces looks like it’s planning something evil and the other looks really sad. He’s adorable.
Yup, that’s it, my seven tattoos
by Barbie September 21st, 2010 at 7:02 amMichelle, it seems that the longer I write about tattoos, the less I want one.
Maureen, you’re right about the “younger generation.” My niece has two tattoos, although it seems that one of them (she has the word Breathe on her wrist, she has cystic fibrosis) kept her from getting a job at Abercrombie because they don’t like that sort of thing. Interesting, because Abercrombie is geared to that generation.
Barbie, I love the descriptions of your tattoos! Sorry about your allergic reaction. I’ve actually got an infected tattoo as part of the plot of the next book, INK FLAMINGOS. The FDA does not regulate tattoo ink, so anything can be in it. Reds and yellows are the worst culprits for causing reactions.
by Karen Olson September 21st, 2010 at 7:32 amBarbie, why am I not surprised you have tats? hee hee
by Lori Armstrong September 21st, 2010 at 8:42 amwow, sounds really interesting. I’m fascinated by tats and what prompts people to get a certain design. I have none, too chicken, and if I ever did get one, it would be small and inconspicuous.
by kris September 21st, 2010 at 8:08 amOne of the things I’ve learned is that women have different reasons for getting tattoos, and their tattoos mean more to them.
by Karen Olson September 21st, 2010 at 8:52 amI honestly don’t think I’ve seen a man with a flower tattoo…plenty with pot leaves though
by Lori Armstrong September 21st, 2010 at 12:46 pmWhen I was in law school, I had a tattoo butterflied on my left breast. I thought it was subtle, until I was in a play and everybody asked about it afterwards.
I actually had it lasered off a few months later. The lesson I learned: don’t get tattoos if you change your mind and your style a lot. And don’t make big decisions when you’re miserable!
by Shizuka September 21st, 2010 at 8:11 amI think if you get a tattoo when you’re 18, you’re a very different person than when you’re 40, and that tattoo might definitely be regretted. That’s why it’s so important to determine where they go and what they are, and to consider that it’s something you’re going to have for the rest of your life. Which, god willing, will be a very long time.
by Karen Olson September 21st, 2010 at 8:54 amSo I want to know which hurt worse…getting the tat put on…or getting it taken off?
by Lori Armstrong September 21st, 2010 at 9:17 amAnd I’m actually wondering… does that area look like it used to have a tattoo? How well did the lasering work?
Karen, I love these books — I’m so glad you’re here today!
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by GSM September 21st, 2010 at 8:28 amI loved your Annie Seymour series. I’ll have to catch up with your new books. I don’t have tattoos and I really don’t care for them. My grown kids have them, as do so many young folks.
So glad you like the Annie books! I miss her sometimes, but I love writing Brett. I hope you’ll check this series out!
by Karen Olson September 21st, 2010 at 8:55 amKaren, I always thought Annie and Julie could get into BIG trouble together
by Lori Armstrong September 21st, 2010 at 9:16 amThey absolutely could, Lori. All that drinking and cussing
by Karen Olson September 21st, 2010 at 9:20 amWhen I had my ears pierced I said: never again. Yet I did it again. No, I have no tats, but my daughter does and when I see the delicate butterfly on her left shoulder I get tempted.
by Diane Sadler September 21st, 2010 at 8:45 amI got second ear piercings in college but let them close over. That’s the good thing about piercings: if you don’t want them anymore, just let them close up.
by Karen Olson September 21st, 2010 at 8:56 amI think that’s the difference…piercings are so temporary, ink is mostly forever.
I don’t get the tongue piercing thing, I really don’t.
by Lori Armstrong September 21st, 2010 at 12:47 pmHi Karen,
Welcome to MSW! Thanks for sharing all about your INKED series.
What a fun premise for a story! Can’t wait to read it. I have a tattoo shop scene in my book THREAD OF FEAR, and it was SO fun doing the research! I can only imagine how fun it’s been to write several books in the setting.
by Laura Griffin September 21st, 2010 at 8:49 amIt’s been very educational, that’s for sure, Laura!
by Karen Olson September 21st, 2010 at 8:57 amAnd here’s a funny thing, in my book that features a tattoo artist, Branded As Trouble, I mention a certain…tattoo artist named Brett that did a tat on my character, India
by Lori Armstrong September 21st, 2010 at 9:19 amWhat sort of tattoo and where? Or don’t I want to know?
by Karen Olson September 21st, 2010 at 9:21 amLove this book and no tattoos for me ever.
by ruth September 21st, 2010 at 8:52 amYou and me, both, Ruth!! And you’re right, you don’t have to be into tattoos to read my books. I try to be informative about tattoos but not preachy one way or the other and just let the reader have fun.
by Karen Olson September 21st, 2010 at 8:58 amI don’t have any because I can’t think of anything that either represents “me” enough that I’d want it on my body or need a tattoo to memorialize something, the two main reasons why I think someone should get a tattoo. My sister has six or seven now and has no regrets (yet). Hers don’t really show if she wears pants or long sleeves which I think is smart if you’re not in a creative field where tattoos on display are more accepted.
by Anne September 21st, 2010 at 9:26 amAnne, I totally understand. It’s the whole “forever” thing about tattoos so you really need to make sure it’s something you can live with.
by Karen Olson September 21st, 2010 at 9:36 amHA! I live outside of Vegas and have a tattoo that I just love. I only have the one, but just recently designed one for my hubby that everyone loves. And I am not an artist, can’t even draw a stick man! I’m headed over to AMAZON to find your book for my KINDLE!!!! sounds like a great series to me!!
by Diana September 21st, 2010 at 9:31 amYou know, Diana, you might have a new calling! Hope you enjoy the books!!
by Karen Olson September 21st, 2010 at 9:37 amGotta love kindle, and Vegas, this series is perfect for you Diane!
by Lori Armstrong September 21st, 2010 at 12:48 pmTwo tattoos: Canadian maple leaf on lower back which hurts so bad I said I would never get another one!!! But I said that about my first kid and had another one:-) So the second one is an ankle band of fleur-de-lys with some french words. I haven’t read any of Karen’s books, but will go search on my Kindle right now!
by Annie September 21st, 2010 at 9:39 amJust bought the first one.
by Annie September 21st, 2010 at 11:56 amWill start on it as soon as I get done with work!
I’m marching down to my library to see if I can round up some of your books Karen. No tatoos for me…not my thing, change my mind wayyyyy to many times for anything that permanent…and I’m not big on elective pain! Best Wishes to you!
by Erin Nelson September 21st, 2010 at 9:49 amI’m not big on elective pain, either. Enjoy them!
by Karen Olson September 21st, 2010 at 11:14 amSo Erin…do you guys make soap gentle enough to use on new tattoos? Just curious. My daughter had to use some special kind that didn’t smell nearly as good as the soap you make
by Lori Armstrong September 21st, 2010 at 12:49 pmKaren, you are an inspiration – I love how you didn’t just step, you jumped out of your comfort zone and wrote what you didn’t know and made it fresh and fun and exciting.
I’ve been thinking about my tattoo for years now.
Might take a few more years but I imagine I’ll get there eventually.
by Sophie Littlefield September 21st, 2010 at 9:55 amSophie, you have to make it a good one, so it’s a good idea you’re spending a lot of time thinking about it!
by Karen Olson September 21st, 2010 at 11:14 amOoh, Sophie, instead of taking you on a mechanical bull when we’re in San Fran, let’s get you a tat!
by Lori Armstrong September 21st, 2010 at 12:49 pmNo tattoos for me, but they do fascinate me in a way. Depending on what the tat is and where is it placed can be seductive and intimate in a way
by Shelly September 21st, 2010 at 10:17 amMe too, Shelly, which is why I love to put them on characters and not myself
by Lori Armstrong September 21st, 2010 at 4:13 pmKaren, I have several tattoos and no regrets.
I’m not entering the contest (I have all of your books), but I wanted to tell you how much I love the “Ink” series. My husband and 15 year old son love them too! Can’t wait to see what Brett gets herself into in the next novel.
by Kathy B September 21st, 2010 at 10:41 amThanks so much, Kathy! I’m thrilled you’re enjoying the series, as is the rest of your family.
by Karen Olson September 21st, 2010 at 11:15 amKathy, you have great tattoos!
by Lori Armstrong September 21st, 2010 at 4:13 pmI don’t have any tatoos. Way to chicken! My sister got one a couple of year ago and said it wasn’t so bad but I just don’t believe her…
by Jen B September 21st, 2010 at 10:58 amI think tatoos are fine if you are thoughtful. Remember, we all age and skin looks different. My niece got a tatoo down one side of her spine. It’s really beautiful but I wonder about her having to keep it colored in and what happens when she gets pregnant and everything stretchs.
Anyway, I am always looking for new authors to read so I am excited about the contest.
I’m just as chicken. You’re right that women need to figure future pregnancy into tattoo placement. Just like women should never get a tattoo on that part of the upper arm that turns into a little flag as we get older!
by Karen Olson September 21st, 2010 at 11:16 amI love your tattoo shop mysteries! I recently discovered them on a vacation in Hawaii.
I have 3 tattoos so far and will most likely get another one or two.
I have a hawaiian turtle glyph between my shoulder blades, a greek wheel of life with a sword through it on the small of my back, and a ohia lehua on my ankle.
I love that the books are set in Vegas. I have lived there all my life. I enjoy reading books set in my hometown. You capture the city pretty well with only a few mistakes, but frankly they are some much fun I just don’t care!
by Courtney September 21st, 2010 at 11:04 amCan’t wait for Ink Flamingos!
Your tattoos sound cool, Courtney. And I’m sorry if I’m making Vegas mistakes ): I try to stick to the Strip, because it’s easier
by Karen Olson September 21st, 2010 at 12:18 pmKaren, I just finished reading Driven to Ink the other day. It’s remarkable that you A) have only been to Vegas for two days, B) have never experienced having a tattoo yourself, and C) don’t have experience giving them. You write so convincingly of all of the above!
I don’t have tattoos, and probably won’t ever have, largely because of the elastic (or not) nature of skin. When I managed a maternity store in the mid-70′s we had a customer who had a butterfly tat on her abdomen. Which got all stretched out of shape during her pregnancy. It was not pretty.
At a coffeeshop once the guy waiting on me was heavily tattooed, and had lots of piercings and those enormous earlobe plugs. It was really hard to look at him without wincing. I have theories about why individuals mutilate themselves this way, and it has nothing to do with either individuality or art. Worrisome.
by Karen in Ohio September 21st, 2010 at 11:04 amKaren, I should amend my statement about visiting Vegas. When I started the series, I’d only been there for two days. Halfway through writing THE MISSING INK, I told my husband I needed to go back. We went for four days. I managed to get three books out of those four days, but had to go back again this past February for four more days so I could write the fourth book. So total time in Vegas: 10 days over the past 13 years.
A friend of my daughter’s, who is only 12, has started with the earlobe plugs. I predict many tattoos and piercings in her future. I’m afraid I’m a prudish and more strict mother and wouldn’t let my daughter get those at her age.
by Karen Olson September 21st, 2010 at 11:19 amMy issue with the earlobe plugs is that it’s, hello!, permanent! I mean, who the heck wants to be sitting in their wheelchair at the nursing home with your lobes hanging down on your shoulders? Especially if you’re a guy?
Yikes, there’s a charming mental picture.
by Karen in Ohio September 21st, 2010 at 1:13 pmWelcome to MSW Karen! I love your description of your series and I’m wondering why I haven’t read it yet. I will remedy that immediately!
No tats for me. A family member got one and regretted it tremendously. I learned that it was a decision to be made with care not alcohol
by Jen Lyon September 21st, 2010 at 11:21 amTattoos gotten while drunk could be the most regretted, that’s for sure!
by Karen Olson September 21st, 2010 at 12:18 pmWelcome to da house, Karen! Great blog and what a fantastic basis for a mystery series. Love it! No tattoos for me…but if I did, I think I’d go for the permanent makeup, LOL.
Thanks for joining us today! xo
by Roxanne St. Claire September 21st, 2010 at 11:46 amI’m having a ball over here today. I have Lori to thank for that!
by Karen Olson September 21st, 2010 at 12:19 pmWelcome to MSW! I don’t have one yet but if I meet a writing goal I have one in mind. An open book w/ the words: Let your dreams take flight. A butterfly is “lifting up” off the pages and where it is free it gets colors.
The books sound great and I can’t wait to read them.
by HollyD September 21st, 2010 at 12:50 pmI like that, Holly.
Have you seen The American yet? George Clooney has a stylized butterfly tat in the middle of his shoulders, and he goes by the name Mr. Butterfly.
by Karen in Ohio September 21st, 2010 at 1:14 pmI don’t have any tatoos but with all my allergies I’m sure I would have been allergic to the ink. I don’t have a problem with people having one. My daughter has a cross on her foot. Now I have to admit I wasn’t too crazy about her getting a tatoo, but it is her body and she had the right to make the decision. She was in college at the time.
by Linda Henderson September 21st, 2010 at 12:52 pmWow that is really going out of your comfort zone! The series sounds really cool and interesting. I love mysteries! I don’t have any tattoos, I don’t have a problem with them I’m just a big baby and don’t like pain. They can be incredibly sexy and I have seen some that are downright disgusting
by Miranda September 21st, 2010 at 12:54 pmI love tattoos I have two of them. One is a half sun half moon on my back and the other is a star on my big toe. I think that tattoos are a form of self expression. It lets us create works of art on our own bodies. I think that what people have inked can tell a lot about a person. Often times they are like road maps of that person’s life.
by Nikki Cooley September 21st, 2010 at 2:22 pmI don’t have any but my husband has several. I like them on a guy if they are is done right.
by CrystalGB September 21st, 2010 at 3:10 pmHi Karen, I’m new to learn about your books, thanks to Lori Armstrong I will go and look for your Ink series & start playing catch up. Love to learn & read about new authors.
anyways I have a total of 6 tat’s, everyone of them has a different meaning, starting from the feet & working up,
on the top of both feet I have tribal looking pieces, I say it’s to remind me that I am still young & full of life,
the right calf holds a memorial for my grandfather, we only had a very short time tgthr but the 3 years that we did share we, he got me w/o questions or judgement & he excepted me, it’s a rose rosary/cross w/a guardian angel looking over the top of it & thru the cross it says “god protects his” with the date of his death underneath it,
on my left thigh this is my biggest piece it goes above my knee about an inch and up above my hipbone about 1 1/2in, it’s of 2 fairies w/my childrens names in btwn the 2 fairies they rep. protection of both my girls,
on my right kidney I have buster bunny giving ppl the bird, it was from when I was younger (u don’t wana know, lol)
and then finally my right shoulder I have my birth sign, scorpion incased in a heart w/bull horns, it rep. me! passive/ aggressive & caught in the middle of both.
wow I’m long winded, lol, Look forward to reading your books!
by Liz Montondo September 21st, 2010 at 3:14 pmHey, I got to see a lot of Liz’s tattoos at RAW — and they’re awesome. Seriously
Thanks for stopping by from the James Gang, Liz!
by Lori Armstrong September 21st, 2010 at 4:14 pmI have one, the pisces symbol, and I have plans to get others. All are the result of wanting to commemorate important events.
by Rory G September 21st, 2010 at 3:54 pmI love hearing about all the tattoos! I may have to steal some of the designs
by Karen Olson September 21st, 2010 at 4:12 pmI’m not a mystery reader, but I love anything of L’s, so when she suggested trying Karen’s book, I read excerpts. Yes, sounds like an interesting book. NO, I don’t have or plan to have ANY tattoos, but not to say that they don’t look nice on other people. Some are really cool, but then I wonder what they’ll look like when that person is 80. LOL. Good luck with your mysteries. Thanks for offering a free book.
by Tiss September 21st, 2010 at 4:14 pmI don’t have any tattoos.
by chey September 21st, 2010 at 4:21 pmHi Karen, your books sound really good and I can’t wait to checkd them out
I love tat’s. In my opinion (and it’s just an opinion, don’t want to offend any one) I think tatto’s can be extremely sexy as long as it’s not overkill and the tattoo is respectable. One of the first things I notice about my husband when we met was his tattoo’s
I also think it’s not necessary to have them in a spot where they can be hidden, but there have been some occasions where it was nice that mine were when we attended some of my husbands work functions. But, I’m all for tat’s and think they are somewhat addicting. I have three. My first one I had a friend do in highschool and it ended up looking awful. Got away with it for a year and a half telling my parents I drew it on everyday LOL Once I turned 18, I had it covered by a beautiful rose that wraps around my ankle. I also have a dolphin with a triable symbol on my back, it looks a little similar to one my husband has. Recently my sister and I got sister tat’s on our foot. It’s a symbol, mine says younger sister and her’s says older sister. Of course I have many plans for more and have most of them planned out and want something with my kids names as well. They are expensive, so when I get a break from all the sports fees, and school shopping and whatnots for my kids, I’ll add 
by Jolene Allcock September 21st, 2010 at 4:23 pmOOPS, I just read through mine and excuse all the spelling errors
I guess that’s what I get for typing in a hurry
by Jolene Allcock September 21st, 2010 at 4:26 pmHi Karen
by Catherine September 21st, 2010 at 4:27 pmNope, no tattoos and no plans. I can take getting a shot when necessary, but constant poking, no thanks.
Love! the premise for your books. Vegas is one of my fav places, I’m headed there in a couple weeks (I’ll need some new reading material for the trip). There are tattoo places everywhere. Have a couple family members that got theirs in Vegas.
Off to Amazon to check out your books for my trip.
I don’t have a tattoo and I will never get one…it’s not my thing…but it’s ok if other people want them. Sometimes they are distracting from what a lady wears and that does bother me…I end up staring at them and not the lady herself. Maybe that’s what she was hoping would happen.
by JackieW September 21st, 2010 at 4:35 pmKaren welcome to MSW! Love the post.
My skin is still a virgin. However! I am seriously contemplating having my granddaughter’s name inked on the inside of my right wrist. in a nice script. my daughter wants the same one.
by Karin Tabke aka Harlow September 21st, 2010 at 5:23 pmmy only hesitation is, it will be expected that i get all subsequent grandchildren’s names tattooed there as well. with four kids and my luck, i’ll end up with a full sleeve!
no tattoos yet but i would love to get one.
love your books.
by REGINA ROSS September 21st, 2010 at 5:29 pmThese books sound awesome, Tattoo’s are something I admire but will probably never get. The mysteries sound like fun though
by Jeanine Lesperance September 21st, 2010 at 6:32 pmKaren, one thing I didn’t know about was the purple and white ribbon for abuse survivors. That was interesting, and added another layer to the story.
by Karen in Ohio September 21st, 2010 at 6:36 pmI like tattoo’s that aren’t covering you from head to toe. I’ve worked with people that pretty much have their entire bodies covered in ink and I don’t really care for that. I prefer smaller tattoo’s any day. I have two small tattoo’s on my chest over each breast both are of wolves. The one tattoo the wolf is howling at the moon and the other is a wolf face coming through the fog with a half moon. I love them and sometime I would love to have more and other times I wish I didn’t have any. It’s a love/hate relationship.
by Sherry S. September 21st, 2010 at 6:48 pmWelcome to MSW! I don’t have any tattoos. I was suppose to get one when i hit 30, that was 2 yrs ago. I want a unique tattoo that means something to me. But however for now, i am a chicken.
by Elisa V September 21st, 2010 at 7:26 pmI have no tats although I keep saying I’m going to get one. I have a drawing of a fairy on a moon that I want to get but i also want something with meaning that has all five of my children’s names, birth dates and birthstone colors. If anyone has any ideas I’m game!
by Lisa G. September 21st, 2010 at 8:17 pmI sometimes feel like the only female in Vegas without a tatoo. I would love to read your book.
by lorenet September 21st, 2010 at 9:38 pmI LOVE TATS! I have 2 and have plans for more. I’m excited to you hear about your books and can’t wait to start reading them.
by Amy J September 22nd, 2010 at 5:43 amLoved tats. Especially if they have a meaning behind it and people haven’t gotten it just for the sake of getting it. And on men? Mmm, mmm, they look good. Technically speaking, I have three tats. The first one I have is on my hipbone and has the word “Lost”. I got it when I was at the lowest point in my life. Then, when I found God again, I got the word “Faith” on my inner left wrist, so I would never doubt myself again. And my third tat is right next to the word Lost and says “Found”. So, it looks like “Lost/Found”. Can’t wait to read this book.
by DJ September 22nd, 2010 at 8:45 pm