A real thing that happened in my house today: Me: Uh, Mate? Have you seen my keys? Mate (from work): No… but I did lock the car last night when I got home. Me: Fuuuuuuuck… Mate: I’ve got a really important meeting at nine. I’ll come get Squish for school afterwards. Me: Squish, bad news–… Read More

I’m sort of writing It’s really exciting! My characters aren’t fighting No love requiting No hearts I’m smiting, I’m definitely writing! Oh, no no no no no no…  Whatever that was, I’m over it. Okay, so– I”m telling a story It’s not even gory There’s sex and glory I swear you’ll want mor-y There’s no… Read More

So we’re in for a real treat for today’s Backlist BaDumpBump! La Quette, fearless writer of erotic romance and romantic suspense, is here today to talk about the first book in her series, the Queens of Kings: The Heart of the Matter. Now I have this book lined up on my kindle (you all know about… Read More

It’s been a while–and t’s necessarily short while I edit and write other things, but I think we needed this: *** Colton’s healing wasn’t comfortable. His breathing may have evened out–he even spoke–but his body kept twitching, like a puppy with fleas. “Hurts,” he grumbled, and then sat up.  “And starving.“ “Yeah,” Zeb replied, looking… Read More

*  I spent part of the day in the dentist office, because that whole “Hey, this is a big part of my filling” moment last night was NOT good. Neither was getting the filling. Neither, I suspect, are the tiny pebbles of amalgam I’ve been spitting out all day. *sigh* Ouch. But the dentist office… Read More

*  I was walking the dogs today when I saw a bona fide Hell’s Angel–wearing the colors, driving a chopper, a German style WWII helmet on his head–roar through our neighborhood. He was shaved bald with a gray beard long enough to blow backwards over his shoulder. About half a block behind him was a… Read More

Quick bite tonight– DEADLINES! They’re screaming my name. Anyway– Squish and ZoomBoy went in to their dental checkups today.  They have had the same dentists (a family– mother, father, and their daughter, who is a little younger than I am) since they were small. We found these dentists when Big T was five, because he… Read More

So, our aqua instructor this Monday did Tobattas. (I think that’s how it’s spelled– I’m pretty sure it’s a neologism for “too badda for you.”)  I approve of the principle– even when I’m sucking wind so bad I’m breathing through my eyeballs–because they make you feel like you’re really accomplishing something, and the results in… Read More

Today was sweet and unassuming– I know that for many people, Mother’s Day is not the favorite. There’s a million reasons to experience pain when the whole world is out having a greeting card frenzy– and I get that. My day was not epic. There were no angels singing, and I didn’t wake up with… Read More

So, Squish got to sing at the RiverCats game tonight–her school’s choir/band got to perform the National Anthem. We arrived around 5:30, and Squish didn’t sing until 6:50, because the game started at 7:00. So ZoomBoy and I were, in a word, unsupervised. Anyway– I was listening to the intercom.  “Everybody who is planning to… Read More