Manipedis

on August 12, 2015

Okay– I typed that in there without the dash and decided it looks like a special bug–like an alternative universe millipede or something: Behold, the manipedis, terrifying arachnid/insect hybrids with a zillion brightly colored enamel toes! And on that note… Today was “last gasp of freedom” day. The kids go to school on Thursday, and… Read More


Drunk Straight Otters

on August 11, 2015

Okay– so I ended up driving a couple of people from the golf course to their cabins over the weekend for copious drinking reasons. Mate was my copilot, but because he was the one getting “beard”  (get it? Beer in his mustache, so “beard”) I was the one behind the wheel. The second time was… Read More


I survived without wifi…

on August 10, 2015

The altar was so pretty,we had a friend takea picture 🙂 In fact, I feel much refreshed. We went to a friend’s wedding this weekend and the following happened: *  I sat in the corner and simultaneously read and crocheted an afghan while my husband and his friends golfed.  Sound lonely? Not on your life…. Read More


With apologies….

on August 7, 2015

I’ve been having so much fun on the fanfic wagon that I was going to keep on rolling with some StOny (Captain America/Iron Man) because someone posted another meme and, well, squirrel.  But I’m going to have to save that for another day, because I have a wedding to go to in Tahoe, and I… Read More


Or, Alternatively…

on August 6, 2015

So, yesterday’s post was Super-Bat… But, yanno… I’ve always loved the Batman/Robin dynamic… in fact, that’s why I wrote Under the Rushes AND The Bitter Moon Saga.   So, if we’re going for fanfic on that post of Batman writing the graffiti, let’s do a little bit of that.  (Robin, to me, is a very consensual… Read More


A wee bit of Super-Bat fanfic…

on August 5, 2015

Inspired by a meme someone posted on FB: Superman saw the graffiti and sighed. Really? How many of these damned buildings had he crapped up?  Okay, a little laser vision, some cooling breath to keep the building from melting, and on to the next one. Five. Five buildings where he’d tried to expose Superman’s secret… Read More


*Kermit Flail* August!

on August 3, 2015

*phew* So, if you’ve been following along, you know it’s been sort of a MONTH. Hell– it’s been THREE of them.  And boy-oh-boy am I glad to be back home doing my actual job again!  WHEEEEEEE!!! But in the meantime, awesome folks are putting out awesome books, and lucky me I get a piece of that… Read More


A Romance Reader’s Approach to Genre Fiction

on August 2, 2015

This is entirely tongue in cheek. It will probably offend someone (although that is not the intention.) It simply goes back to what I was saying a couple of days ago about the fact that there is romance in pretty much every sub genre, whether we want to admit it or not. And how I… Read More


So, uhm, that was weird.

on August 1, 2015

Yeah, you may have noticed, I had a tantrum yesterday and the whole world tuned in to watch. I’m not ashamed of the tantrum per se– sort of wishing it was better edited, and that I’d invited some beta readers into my venting quite honestly– but I stand by what I said yesterday: Dismissing romance… Read More


Romance and Misogyny–Why We Let Ourselves be Shamed

on July 31, 2015

Men read my books. You heard me. MEN READ MY BOOKS. “Yes,” you might say, “but, you know…”  *whispers*  “they’re gay men.” So?  They are men. Some of them are ex-law enforcement, some of them are teachers. Some of them are accountants–but they are men. They enjoy seeing people they can identify with in my… Read More