I’m so sorry I left that picture up there for so long.  I am.  It’s been kind of a busy five days– but none of it is really noteworthy. We did have a birthday celebration for my friend at Joe’s Crab Shack that resulted in some unfortunate intestinal complications, but really, what’s a few hours… Read More

So, the challenge of breaking one giant epic story into chewable bits is something I’m not sure I’ve mastered yet.  As a romance writer, I tend to write long.  I’ve got three novellas out this year, and the shortest one, Going UP! had to be written as a fairy tale almost, because the lack of detail… Read More

That sound you’re hearing is the sound of my brain shorting out. TOO. MUCH. GOOD. STUFF. Okay– random order.  Totally random.  Let’s see if I can remember any of it. *  Chicken is designing characters for my Christmas short, Going UP!  This is Sean, a figurative Knight-in-Shining-Armor 😉  He’s awesomeness, even in rough draft form…. Read More

Honestly, I’ve only ever seen a monologue from the play Zooman and the Sign by Charles Fuller, but the minute I started calling Thing 3 “Zoomboy”, that title has been going through my head. If you’ve been around awhile, you remember when we called Zoomboy, “The Cave Troll” instead.  See, when he was first born, Mate… Read More

The day at the zoo was really awesome.  We learned about Aye-Ayes (so sad!) and saw the lemurs groom and watched a hippo-po-tom-atus completely lose his shit.  I shall give you pictures and captions, a-cause I have a fourth edit (there will be between five and six this November, if anyone wonders why my pace… Read More

 So I had an offer to go to Bent-Con this weekend, which I sadly declined.  Even though the offer was over two months ago, I knew– knew with instinct that the weekend was going to be insanely busy, so when I asked Mate, I let him know, honestly, that I understood if he needed me… Read More

So I’ve been thinking about my tribes. It’s taken me a while– when I was in school, I was one of the few students who was married and working full time.  Mate and I were our own tribe, and, very honestly, including the kids, we’ve maintained our tiny tribalism, and that has been my touchstone…. Read More

Long, long years ago (nearing on 30 years, actually)  I had this little Datsun– yes, it was a Datsun, it was made before they were called Nissans–and I said it was blue. The entire family said I was crazy, and the car was white. I said, “No– look at it, in the shadows– it’s very… Read More

Okay– so I wanted to post something adorable for Halloween, and what can I say?  There is NOTHING more adorable than the guys from Little Vampires.   And then I WENT THERE for the link to the site, and saw the post that Rebecca put up for Halloween.  GO!  GO NOW!  YOU WILL BE HOPELESSLY… Read More

Some things that don’t surprise me–  *  That the cat NEEDS to sleep IN THE BOX. *  That my friend Wendy would harass a poor clerk at Chipotle about a bit of unripe avocado until the poor woman offered her free guacamole for her next visit. *  That Bruce Springsteen’s “Into the Fire” can make… Read More